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Stockton Island

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Geography
Location	Lake Superior
Coordinates	46°56′17″N 90°34′43″W / 46.93806°N 90.57861°W / 46.93806; -90.57861
Administration
United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Ashland County

Stockton Islands is also a group of islands north of Alaska.

Stockton Island is one of the Apostle Islands, in Lake Superior, in northern Wisconsin, and is part of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.

The largest island included in the national lakeshore, it is host to numerous trails and campsites. The island is known for its unique lagoon ecosystem with multiple carnivorous plants and low bush blueberries, as well as the singing sand found in Julian Bay. Stockton Island also has one of the highest concentration of black bears in North America, with a 2002 study finding 26 bears on the island (0.64 bears/km). The Trout Point Logging Camp is located on the island.

Notes

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2. National Park Service Stockton Island brochure <http://www.nps.gov/apis/planyourvisit/upload/Stockton-Island.pdf>
3. Bear Country Safety
4. American Black Bear Population Size and Genetic Diversity at Apostle Islands National Lakeshore

v t e Apostle Islands
Islands	Madeline Island Stockton Island Gull Island Eagle Island Outer Island Oak Island Sand Island Basswood Island Bear Island Michigan Island Hermit Island Cat Island Otter Island Manitou Island Rocky Island Long Island Ironwood Island York Island Raspberry Island Devils Island South Twin Island North Twin Island
Lighthouses	Michigan Island Light Raspberry Island Light Outer Island Light Sand Island Light Devils Island Light Gull Island Light La Pointe Light Chequamegon Point Light Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light
Shipwrecks	Antelope Big Bay sloop City of Ashland D.R. Owen Lucerne Manistee Marquette Moonlight Noquebay Ottawa Pretoria R.G. Stewart Sevona Ira H. Owen T.H. Camp
Related historic sites	Hadland Fishing Camp Bass Island Brownstone Company Quarry La Pointe Indian Cemetery Manitou Camp Rocky Island Historic District Madeline Island Historical Museum
Protected designations	Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Big Bay State Park

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