Cana Island is an island in
Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is the second-largest of the Great Lakes by volume () and the third-largest by surface area (), after Lake Superior and Lake Huron. To the east, its basin is conjoined with that o ...
in the town of
Baileys Harbor
The Town of Baileys Harbor is located in Door County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,003 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Peninsula Center is located in the town. The census-designated place of Baileys Har ...
in
Door County,
Wisconsin
Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...
, United States. The
Cana Island Light is on the east side of the island. It is possible to walk to Cana Island from the mainland over the
tombolo
A tombolo is a sandy or shingle isthmus. A tombolo, from the Italian ', meaning 'pillow' or 'cushion', and sometimes translated incorrectly as ''ayre'' (an ayre is a shingle beach of any kind), is a deposition landform by which an island becom ...
when water levels are low. Tombolo conditions are monitored by a webcam operated by the county parks department. The island is part of the Town of
Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin
The Town of Baileys Harbor is located in Door County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,003 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Peninsula Center is located in the town. The census-designated place of Baileys H ...
.
In 1896 the wooden bulk freighter
''Australasia'' burned and sank off Cana Island.
Gallery
Climate
References
External links
Cana Island Web-Map of Door County, Wisconsin
Islands of Door County, Wisconsin
Islands of Lake Michigan in Wisconsin
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