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Cana Island

Island in Lake Michigan in Door County, Wisconsin

45°05′17″N 87°02′58″W / 45.0880490°N 87.0495529°W / 45.0880490; -87.0495529Area8.7^[1] acres (3.5 ha)Highest elevation581 ft (177.1 m)Administration

United States

StateWisconsinCountyDoorTownBaileys Harbor

Cana Island is an island in Lake Michigan in the town of Baileys Harbor in Door County, Wisconsin, United States.^[2] 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 when water levels are low.^[3] Tombolo conditions are monitored by a webcam operated by the county parks department.^[4] The island is part of the Town of Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin.

In 1896 the wooden bulk freighter Australasia burned and sank off Cana Island.^[5]

Gallery

View from shore in July
View from shore in December
Shore of the island as seen from the lighthouse
Small buildings on the island as seen from the lighthouse
View towards the mainland as seen from the lighthouse
View of mainland Baileys Harbor from Cana Island
Aerial view in August
July, island at lower right
View of the tombolo and island from the mainland on August 18, 2006; during August 2006 Lake Michigan had an average water level of 176.13 meters above sea level.^[6]
View of the tombolo and island on May 24, 2013; during May 2013 Lake Michigan had an average water level of 175.93 meters above sea level^[6]
Diagram of the island in 1883
Later diagram of the island

Climate

Cana Cove, near Cana Island

Climate chart (explanation)

J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
63 −4 −5	52 −6 −8	49 0 −3	97 3 1	86 7 3	91 14 9	105 15 14	96 18 17	96 16 15	107 10 6	80 4 4	57 3 −2
█ Average max. and min. temperatures in °C
█ Precipitation totals in mm
Source: ^[7]

Imperial conversion
J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
2.5 25 23	2 21 18	1.9 32 27	3.8 37 34	3.4 45 37	3.6 57 48	4.1 59 57	3.8 64 63	3.8 61 59	4.2 50 43	3.1 39 39	2.2 37 28
█ Average max. and min. temperatures in °F
█ Precipitation totals in inches

References

^ "Cana Island". Door County Maritime Museum. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
^ "Cana Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ "Cana Island Light Station".
^ Cana Island Camera, Door County Parks Department
^ "Australasia (1884)". Wisconsin Shipwrecks. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
^ ^a ^b Lake Michigan-Huron: Monthly Lake-Wide Average Water Levels (1918 - Present), Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, accessed February 25, 2022
^ "NASA EarthData Search". NASA. Retrieved 30 January 2016.