Waugoshance Island

{{Short description|Island in Emmet County, Michigan}}

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Waugoshance Island is an island off of Waugoshance Point, in Lake Michigan.{{cite web|title=Report for: Waugoshance Island|url=https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:3:0::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:1615888,Waugoshance%20Island|website=USGNIS|accessdate=26 December 2017}} It is located in Bliss Township of Emmet County, Michigan. Waugoshance and nearby Temperance Island are part of the Wilderness State Park.{{cite web|title=Plat book of Emmet County, Michigan|url=https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/micounty/2933895.0001.001/33?rgn=full+text;view=image|website=Michigan County Histories and Atlases|publisher=University of Michigan Digital Libraries|accessdate=26 December 2017}} The Waugoshance Light is located north west of the island in shallow water shoals, that prove to be challenging for navigation. The White Shoal Light and the Grays Reef Light are also in the waters near the island.