Slate Islands (Ontario)

Slate Islands
Slate Islands is located in Ontario
Slate Islands
Slate Islands
Location within Ontario
Geography
Coordinates48°39′N 87°00′W / 48.65°N 87°W / 48.65; -87
Adjacent toLake Superior
Total islands15
Major islandsPatterson, Mortimer
Area36 km2 (14 sq mi)
Administration
Canada
ProvinceOntario
DistrictThunder Bay
MunicipalityTerrace Bay

The Slate Islands are a small archipelago in Lake Superior, Ontario, Canada, about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south of the town of Terrace Bay. The island group, consisting of 15 islands in total, was created by a meteorite impact which formed a crater about 32 km (20 mi) wide.[1] In 1985, the Ontario government established the Slate Islands as a natural environment provincial park. The islands are notable for having Ontario's largest herd of boreal woodland caribou.[2]

  1. ^ Sharpton, Dressler, (1996), p. 1177
  2. ^ Chisholm & Gutsche 1998, p. 180.