Poverty Island
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Poverty Island is a small island
in the U.S. state
of Michigan
. The island is within Delta County
in Lake Michigan
and is home to an abandoned lighthouse
which is in disrepair. Poverty Island is currently owned by the federal government.
Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
in the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
of Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
. The island is within Delta County
Delta County, Michigan
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 38,520 people, 15,836 households, and 10,689 families residing in the county. The population density was 33 people per square mile . There were 19,223 housing units at an average density of 16 per square mile...
in Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America and the only one located entirely within the United States. It is the second largest of the Great Lakes by volume and the third largest by surface area, after Lake Superior and Lake Huron...
and is home to an abandoned lighthouse
Lighthouse
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire, and used as an aid to navigation for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways....
which is in disrepair. Poverty Island is currently owned by the federal government.
Other islands in the chain are (from north to south)
- Little Summer IslandLittle Summer IslandLittle Summer Island is an island in Lake Michigan.Other islands in the chain are :*Little Summer Island*Summer Island*Poverty Island*Gull Island*St. Martin Island*Rock Island*Washington Island*Pilot Island*Detroit Island...
- Summer IslandSummer IslandSummer Island is an island in Lake Michigan. It is located 2.5 miles miles off the southern tip of the Garden Peninsula in the state of Michigan...
- Poverty Island
- Gull IslandGull Island (Michigan)Gull Island is the name of a dozen small islands in the U.S. state of Michigan.On Lake Huron:*In Alpena County at , just outside of Thunder Bay and within the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary.*In Arenac County at , at the mouth of the Saginaw Bay...
- St. Martin IslandSt. Martin IslandSt. Martin Island is located off the Garden Peninsula in Delta County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the southernmost island in Michigan that is part of a line of islands at the mouth of the bay of Green Bay and is part of the Niagara Escarpment....
- Rock IslandRock Island (Wisconsin)Rock Island is a wooded island off the tip of Wisconsin's Door Peninsula at the mouth of Green Bay. The uninhabited island is almost entirely owned by the Wisconsin DNR, which maintains Rock Island State Park. It is the northernmost part of the Town of Washington.-History:Rock Island was...
- Washington IslandWashington Island (Wisconsin)Washington Island is located about 7 miles northeast of the tip of Door Peninsula in Door County, Wisconsin. The island has a year-round population of 660 people . It has a land area of 60.89 km² and comprises over 92 percent of the land area of the town of Washington, as well as all of its...
- Pilot Island
- Detroit Island
- Plum IslandPlum Island (Wisconsin)Plum Island is an island at the western shore of Lake Michigan in the southern part of the town of Washington in Door County, Wisconsin, USA. The uninhabited island has a land area of 1.179 km² or 117.87 ha . The island is a bird sanctuary under control of the U.S. Coast Guard and will eventually...