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    Squaw Island Light is a privately owned lighthouse located on Ojibwa Island (formerly Squaw Island) in Lake Michigan, about six miles (10 km) north of...
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  • Island (formerly Squaw Island) in the Beaver Island group Squaw Island Light, a lighthouse on Ojibwa Island in Lake Michigan Unity Island, an island in...
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    Ojibwa Island (formerly known as Squaw Island) is an island in Lake Michigan and is part of the Beaver Island archipelago. The island is about 75 acres...
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  • across the street. Replaced with pole light. Tower moved to Sault Ste. Marie Coast Guard station. Replaced with light on metal tower. Lighthouse is privately...
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  • Anacapa Island Light, California 273 feet (83 m) - Point Sur Light, California 258 feet (79 m) - Block Island Southeast Light, Rhode Island (since its...
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    the time of the War of 1812 to July 2015, the island was also known by the English name, Squaw Island. In June 2015, after being petitioned by Jodi Lynn...
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  • Brother Island Staten Island Swinburne Island Thousand Islands Three Sisters Islands Unity Island (formerly known as Squaw Island) U Thant Island (Belmont...
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    March 2008. Birds. 8 January 2008. National Park Service. 4 March 2008. "Squaw Bay gets new name". Duluth News Tribune. 15 June 2007. Historic Diaries:...
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    Baffin Island (formerly Baffin Land), in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, is the largest island in Canada, the second-largest island in the Americas...
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    appointed a sunk squaw named Quashawam to govern both the Shinnecock and the Montauk." William "Tangier" Smith held title to the entire island in the 17th...
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    [citation needed] A new development came to light after Canadian Defence Minister Bill Graham visited the island on 20 July 2005. Peter Taksøe-Jensen, the...
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    Piestewa Peak (/paɪˈɛstəwɑː/ py-ES-tə-wah; O'odham: Vainom Do'ag, formerly Squaw Peak), at 2,610 feet (796 m) is the second highest point in the Phoenix...
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    was killed on Moon Island. Moon Island was not connected to Squantum at this time and a waterway was open from behind Squantum (Squaw Rock) across the mouth...
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    the Lummi know the island as Sq'emenen. A San Juan Island resident proposed to the state Board of Geographic Names in 2015 that Squaw Bay be renamed Sq'emenen...
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  • (0.38 km2) of the island as the Manitou Island Light Station Preserve. Test pits have been found on the island, hinting at a short-lived past as a possible...
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    Conservation. The island was previously known as Squaw Island until October 2021, when the name was changed to remove the ethnic slur squaw. It formed from...
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    Light is a lighthouse located on a reef that was the most serious hazard to navigation on Lake Superior. The exposed crib of the Stannard Rock Light is...
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    AVA by m2 Wines, in the El Dorado AVA by Starfield Vineyards and in the Squaw Valley/Miramonte AVA by Sierra Peaks. In Southern Oregon, it is being grown...
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    began to build lights on isolated islands, reefs, and shoals that were significant navigational hazards. To that time, Light ships were the only practical...
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    Mamajuda Island /mɑːməˈdʒuːdə/, sometimes identified as Mama Juda Island, was an American island in the Detroit River. It is located just east of the...
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    The Frankfort Light is a lighthouse located on the north breakwater in the harbor in Frankfort, Michigan. The current light was constructed in 1912 and...
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    The Ludington Light is a 57-foot (17 m) tall steel-plated lighthouse in Ludington, Michigan, which lies along the eastern shores of Lake Michigan, at...
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    Big Sable Point Light is a lighthouse on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located within Ludington State Park just...
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    (44 m) of the island remains. A newly formed group called the Squaw Island Preservation Society has raised citizen support to protect the island and its unique...
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    between the eastern end of Michigan's Upper Peninsula and Drummond Island. The light is an automated active aid to navigation. It marks the northern end...
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    Point Iroquois Light is a lighthouse on a Chippewa County bluff in the U.S. state of Michigan. Point Iroquois and its light mark the division line between...
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    The Little Sable Point Light is a lighthouse located south of Pentwater in the lower peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is in the southwest corner...
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  • "Strands of hair shed light on doomed 19th-century Arctic expedition". Ars Technica. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America Beechey Island in the Atlas of...
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    The Holland Harbor Light, known as Big Red, is located in Park Township, Michigan at the entrance of a channel connecting Lake Michigan with Lake Macatawa...
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  • Pipe Island Light is a privately owned lighthouse on Pipe Island in St. Mary's River, Michigan. It was lit in 1888 by the Lake Carriers Association to...
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