Big Island Lake Wilderness

{{Short description|Protected area in Michigan, US}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox protected area

| name = Big Island Lake Wilderness

| iucn_category = Ib

| iucn_ref = [https://www.protectedplanet.net/4444319 Protected Planet Website]- Retrieved March 24, 2023

| map = Michigan##USA

| relief = 1

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| location = Schoolcraft County, Michigan, United States

| nearest_city = Steuben, Michigan

| coordinates = {{coord|46|13|13|N|86|30|35|W|display=inline, title}}

| area = {{convert|5856|acre|ha}}

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| governing_body = U.S. Forest Service

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Big Island Lake Wilderness is a {{convert|5856|acre|ha|adj=on}} remote protected area in the Munising Ranger District of the Hiawatha National Forest in the Upper Peninsula in the state of Michigan in the United States.{{cite web |url=http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=acreage&WID=41 |title=Wilderness Acreage |accessdate=1 December 2008 |publisher=Wilderness.net |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616123256/http://wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=acreage&WID=41 |archive-date=16 June 2010 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/forests/hiawatha/recreation/wilderness/big_island_lake/index.php |title=Big Island Lake Wilderness |accessdate=1 December 2008 |publisher=US Forest Service |date= }} The wilderness area is located about one-half mile (0.8 km) northwest of the community of Steuben and {{convert|22|mi|km}} northwest of Manistique and about {{convert|18|mi|km}} southeast of Munising in Schoolcraft County. The area is roughly bordered by County Road 437 on the south and County Road 445 on the west. The northeast boundary is Forest Road 2303 and the southern boundary is the abandoned railroad grade—Haywire Grade - Forest Road 8109.

Image:Big Island Lake Wilderness map.jpg

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