Kelvin Island (Lake Nipigon)

Kelvin Island (French: île Kelvin) Caribou is a large island in the centre of Lake Nipigon, in Thunder Bay District in northwestern Ontario, Canada.[1] It is named after the British scientist William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824–1907).[2]

Kelvin Island
Kelvin Island
Location in Ontario
EtymologyNamed for William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
Geography
LocationLake Nipigon
Coordinates49°51′33″N 88°39′59″W[1]
Length16 km (9.9 mi)
Width11 km (6.8 mi)
Administration
ProvinceOntario
DistrictThunder Bay

The island has an area of about 10,000 hectares (25,000 acres).[3] Frith Lake lies in the centre of the island,[4] and there are six other unnamed lakes. Henry's Harbour is at the western tip, and Moose's Harbour is the middle on the eastern side.[5]

There have been reports of agate finds on the West Bay beach, the shore of Lake Nipigon that lies directly to the west of Kelvin Island.[6]

In 1964 the island had an estimated moose population of 0.48 for each 1 square kilometre (0.39 sq mi) as counted from the air. Pellet group counts may give a higher estimate.[7]

Kelvin Island is part of the Lake Nipigon Conservation Reserve.[8]

References
  1. "Kelvin Island". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
  2. Sessional Papers of the Dominion of Canada. 53. Parliament of Canada. 1918. p. 133. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
  3. Timoney, Kevin P (1980). Higher Plant Biogeography of Islands in Lake Nipigon, Ontario (M.S. thesis). University of Wisconsin-Madison. p. 6. OCLC 7988827. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
  4. "Frith Lake". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
  5. Sutcliffe, RH; Greenwood, RC (1985). Precambrian Geology of the Lake Nipigon Area, Kelvin Island Sheet, District of Thunder Bay (PDF) (Map). 1 : 50,000. Geological Series - Preliminary Map. Technical editing and layout by D Hoffer. Geology from 1982. Ontario Geological Survey. Map P.2838. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-11-03. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
  6. Sabina, Ann P (1965). Rock and mineral collecting in Canada - Volume II - Ontario and Quebec. Miscellaneous Report, 8. Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada. p. 32. OCLC 150462348. Retrieved 2013-10-31. Also OCLC 465635.
  7. Alces. 22nd North American Moose Conference and Workshop. 22. Fredericton, NB: New Brunswick Department of Forests, Mines and Energy; Lakehead University. 1986. p. 141. OCLC 757736084. Retrieved 2013-10-31. Also OCLC 35461489 and OCLC 80400554.
  8. "Lake Nipigon Conservation Reserve". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
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