County Essex Area 4 ha | Highest elevation 571 ft (174 m) Township Pelee Province Ontario | |
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Major islands East Sister Island and West Sister Island | ||
Middle Sister Island is a 9.5-acre (3.8 ha) island in Lake Erie. Along with West Sister Island (in Ohio, USA) and East Sister Island, it is part of the Pelee Archipelago in the western basin of Lake Erie, and is considered to be the "most natural and undisturbed" of these islands.
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Map of Middle Sister Island, Pelee, ON, Canada
The island is currently for sale with an asking price of $888,888.
War of 1812
The island was a staging area for William Henry Harrison's U.S. troops, just prior to the invasion of Canada and the Battle of the Thames.
Flora and fauna
Guano from the Lake Erie population of double-crested cormorants is interfering with tree growth in the Carolinian forest on this island and the nearby East Sister Island and Middle Island.
References
Middle Sister Island Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA