Beausoleil Island
The waters between Finger Point and Thumb Point near Cedar Springs, Beausoleil Island | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Georgian Bay |
| Coordinates | 44°52′12″N 79°52′06″W / 44.87000°N 79.86833°W |
| Archipelago | Thirty Thousand Islands |
| Length | 8 km (5 mi) |
| Administration | |
| Province | Ontario |
| District Municipality | District Municipality of Muskoka |
| Municipality | Georgian Bay |
| Additional information | |
| Time zone | |
| • Summer (DST) |
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Beausoleil Island; Île Beausoleil; is an 8-kilometre (5.0 mi) long island in the municipality of Georgian Bay, District Municipality of Muskoka in Central Ontario, Canada. The island is named after Louis Beausoleil, an American born Metis settler whose 1819 homestead stood at the island's southern tip. The name of the island in the Wyandot/Huron/Wendat language is Skiondechiara which means "The land to appear floating afar". The name of the island in the Anishinaabemowin language is variously Pamedenagog, Baamidoonegog or Epenmindaagoog meaning “rocky place floating about the mouth of a river”. Located in the Thirty Thousand Islands in Georgian Bay on Lake Huron, it is the largest island in Georgian Bay Islands National Park and is the only place in the park where camping is allowed. Beausoleil Island is also part of the Georgian Bay Littoral (also called the Georgian Bay Biosphere Reserve) UNESCO Biosphere reserve.