The islands were likely occupied for thousands of years by
indigenous peoples. Gradually the historic
Ojibwe people moved into the area around the
Great Lakes, where they competed with the existing
Sioux (Lakota). They pushed the Sioux west into the Great Plains, with their last battle occurring in 1745.
The islands and the adjacent
Strawberry Channel were part of a border dispute between Wisconsin and
Michigan that was eventually resolved in the 1926 United States
Supreme Court case Michigan v. Wisconsin.[2]
The northernmost island of the chain is Pirate Island, which at high water levels is little more than a reef awash. The next island to the south is Jack Island, and the next to the south is Little Strawberry Island. The largest island at the very southern tip of the chain is named Adventure Island. Today, all but Pirate Island are privately owned.[3]
The islands were likely occupied for thousands of years by
indigenous peoples. Gradually the historic
Ojibwe people moved into the area around the
Great Lakes, where they competed with the existing
Sioux (Lakota). They pushed the Sioux west into the Great Plains, with their last battle occurring in 1745.
The islands and the adjacent
Strawberry Channel were part of a border dispute between Wisconsin and
Michigan that was eventually resolved in the 1926 United States
Supreme Court case Michigan v. Wisconsin.[2]
The northernmost island of the chain is Pirate Island, which at high water levels is little more than a reef awash. The next island to the south is Jack Island, and the next to the south is Little Strawberry Island. The largest island at the very southern tip of the chain is named Adventure Island. Today, all but Pirate Island are privately owned.[3]