Hermit Island (Wisconsin)

Along with most of the islands in the group, it is a part of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.

It was named after a hermit who lived on the island from the late 1840s to 1861.

Hermit Island was home to a number of quarries for its brownstone from the 1860s to the 1890s.

[1] It is nearly 2 nautical miles (4 km) long, lying 2 nautical miles (4 km) west of the northern tip of Madeline Island.

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