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Washington Island

American  

noun

  1. an island off the Door Peninsula, NE Wisconsin, in NW Lake Michigan. 20 sq. mi. (50 sq. km).


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Plum Island was staffed with a Coast Guard crew and boats until 1990, when the operation was moved to Washington Island where it is staffed seasonally.

From Washington Times • Oct. 23, 2017

Once to the landing, it’s a 30- to 40-minute ride on the car ferry to Washington Island where passengers get a good view of Plum Island.

From Washington Times • Oct. 23, 2017

In northeastern Wisconsin, voters in the Green Bay, Denmark, Seymour, Oconto Falls and Washington Island school districts approved school referendums, while voters in the Howard-Suamico, Bonduel and Southern Door districts defeated theirs.

From Washington Times • Apr. 24, 2017

On Washington Island, the specialty at KK Fiske is fried burbot, a codlike lakefish also known as a “lawyer.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 14, 2016

Geologists tell me that Washington Island and surrounding country plainly shows marks of three distinct glacial periods.

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