Garlic Island

{{Short description|Island in Winnebago, Wisconsin}}

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| name = Garlic Island

| image = Garlic Island Park.jpg

| image_caption = Aerial shot of Garlic Island in Lake Winnebago.

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| location =Lake Winnebago

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| area_acre =8.5

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| elevation_ft =751

| country = United States

| country_admin_divisions_title = State

| country_admin_divisions = Wisconsin

| country1_admin_divisions_title = County

| country1_admin_divisions =Winnebago

| country2_admin_divisions_title = Town

| country2_admin_divisions =Oshkosh

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Garlic Island, or Island Park,{{cite gnis|1577659|Island Park|May 5, 2020}}Lawson, Publius V. "Island Park – Its History and Geology". Oshkosh Northwestern, November 22, 1902, p. 6. is an island in Winnebago County, Wisconsin. The island is located in Lake Winnebago near its west shoreline. The entirety of the island is in the town of Oshkosh. Garlic Island was the wintering site of a British Encampment during the War of 1812.{{cite book |last1=Draper |first1=Lyman C. |title=Chapters in Fox River Valley History |chapter=William Powell's Recollections |date=1913 |publisher=State Historical Society of Wisconsin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ik8VAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA151 |language=en|page=151}} This encampment was led by Col. Robert Dickson, and suffered greatly during the winter of 1813.Miner, John. "History in the Lake". The Post-Crescent, October 31, 1976, pp. 6–7

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