Beaver Island

Beaver Island may refer to:

In Canada:

  • Beaver Island (North Channel) an island in the North Channel of Lake Huron
  • Beaver Island (Lake Temagami) an island in Lake Temagami, Ontario
  • Beaver Island, Nova Scotia an island in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia
  • Beaver Island (Saskatchewan), an island on Reindeer Lake in Saskatchewan

In Mexico

  • Beaver Island (Rio Grande) (Isla Morteritos), an island in the Rio Grande belonging to the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, transferred from the U.S. in the Boundary Treaty of 1970

In the United States

  • Beaver Island (Lake Michigan), an island in Lake Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan
    • Beaver Island Airport, a small airport serving Beaver Island, Michigan
  • Beaver Island (Lake Superior), an island in Lake Superior in the U.S. state of Michigan
  • Beaver Island State Park, a state park in the U.S. state of New York
  • Beaver Island Township, Stokes County, North Carolina, a township in Stokes County
  • Beaver Island (Iowa), an island in the Mississippi River south of Clinton, Iowa
  • Beaver Island (Massachusetts), an island in the U.S. state of Massachusetts
  • Beaver Island (Montana), an island in the Yellowstone River near Savage, Montana
  • Beaver Island (Lake Winnipesaukee), an island in Lake Winnipesaukee in the U.S. State of New Hampshire

Elsewhere:

  • Beaver Island (Antarctica), an island in Antarctica
  • Beaver Island, Falkland Islands, an island in the Falkland Islands

Famous quotes containing the words beaver and/or island:

    “This ferry was as busy as a beaver dam, and all the world seemed anxious to get across the Merrimack River at this particular point, waiting to get set over,—children with their two cents done up in paper, jail-birds broke lose and constable with warrant, travelers from distant lands to distant lands, men and women to whom the Merrimack River was a bar.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “The very best place to be in all the world is St. Mary’s parish, Jamaica. And the best spot in St. Mary’s is Port Maria, though all of St. Mary’s is fine. Old Maker put himself to a lot of trouble to make that part of the island of Jamaica, for everything there is perfect.”
    —Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960)