Washington Island

The name Washington Island refers to:

  • Washington Island (Wisconsin), the largest of the islands that make up the Town of Washington in Door County, Wisconsin
  • Washington Island (Michigan) in Keweenaw County, Michigan
  • Washington Island (Minnesota) in Lake County, Minnesota
  • Washington Island (New York) in Jefferson County, New York
  • Teraina, also known as Washington Island, Kiribati
  • Washington Islands Wilderness in Washington state
  • An 18th century name for Ua Huka, later extended as the "Washington Islands" to include all of the northern Marquesas Islands

Famous quotes containing the words washington and/or island:

    Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
    —George Washington (1732–1799)

    In all things I would have the island of a man inviolate. Let us sit apart as the gods, talking from peak to peak all round Olympus. No degree of affection need invade this religion.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)