Stockton Island

Stockton Island is one of the Apostle Islands, in Lake Superior, in northern Wisconsin, and is part of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.[1]

Aerial view
Shore
Stockton Islands is also a group of islands north of Alaska.

The largest island included in the national lakeshore, it is host to numerous trails and campsites. The island is known for its unique lagoon ecosystem with multiple carnivorous plants and low bush blueberries, as well as the singing sand found in Julian Bay.[2] Stockton Island also has one of the highest concentration of black bears in North America,[3] with a 2002 study finding 26 bears on the island (0.64 bears/km2.[4]

The Trout Point Logging Camp is located on the island.

Notes
  1. Stockton
  2. National Park Service Stockton Island brochure <http://www.nps.gov/apis/planyourvisit/upload/Stockton-Island.pdf>
  3. Bear Country Safety
  4. American Black Bear Population Size and Genetic Diversity at Apostle Islands National Lakeshore


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