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- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) areaTotal "91.4265802948608".
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) abstract "Bois Blanc Island is coterminous with Bois Blanc Township, Mackinac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The island covers about 34 sq mi (88 km2) and is about 12 miles (19 km) long, 6 miles (9.6 km) wide and has 6 lakes. Bois Blanc is located in Lake Huron southeast of Mackinac Island and almost due north of the city of Cheboygan."Bois Blanc" is French for "white wood". The name is commonly thought to be a reference to either: (a) the paper birch, or more likely (b) the basswood, called "bois blanc" in other contexts. The basswood's white underbark was extensively used by Native Americans and French-speaking fur traders for cordage, including the sewing up of canoes and the manufacture of webbing for snowshoes. The French Canadian colloquial term for "inner bark" was bois blanc. The Indians themselves had a name for Bois Blanc Island and the meaning is the same as the Canadian name. It was called Wigobiminiss. Wigobi or wicopy signifies "tying bark" or "inner bark". Miniss means "island"."Boblo" is an English corruption of the French pronunciation of the name. Several islands with the same name dot the Great Lakes, and nearly all are known as "Boblo" or "Bob-lo" by the local populations.".
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) areaTotal "9.14265802948608E7".
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) country United_States.
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) location Lake_Huron.
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) populationTotal "71".
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) thumbnail MackinacBridgeSat1.jpg?width=300.
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) wikiPageExternalLink bois-blanc.com.
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) wikiPageExternalLink www.bbiferry.com.
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) wikiPageExternalLink history.html.
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) wikiPageExternalLink boisblanc.htm.
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) wikiPageID "2065874".
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) wikiPageRevisionID "589103017".
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) areaSqmi "35.3".
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) country File:Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) country United_States.
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) country1AdminDivisions Mackinac_County,_Michigan.
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) country1AdminDivisionsTitle "County".
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) country2AdminDivisions Bois_Blanc_Township,_Michigan.
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) country2AdminDivisionsTitle "Township".
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) countryAdminDivisions Michigan.
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) countryAdminDivisionsTitle "State".
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) hasPhotoCollection Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan).
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) imageCaption "Bois Blanc Island is the largest island on the right.".
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) imageName "MackinacBridgeSat1.jpg".
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) imageSize "250".
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) location "Lake Huron near the Straits of Mackinac".
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) mapCaption "Bois Blanc Island".
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) name "Bois Blanc Island".
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) population "71".
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) populationAsOf "2000".
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) subject Category:Geography_of_Mackinac_County,_Michigan.
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) subject Category:Islands_of_Lake_Huron.
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) subject Category:Lake_islands_of_Michigan.
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) point "45.775 -84.47888888888889".
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) type Island109316454.
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) type IslandsOfLakeHuron.
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) type IslandsOfMichigan.
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) type Land109334396.
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) type Object100002684.
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- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) type YagoGeoEntity.
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) type YagoPermanentlyLocatedEntity.
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) type Island.
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) type Place.
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) type PopulatedPlace.
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) type Wikidata:Q532.
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) type Place.
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) type Island.
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) type Location.
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) type _Feature.
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) type SpatialThing.
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) comment "Bois Blanc Island is coterminous with Bois Blanc Township, Mackinac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The island covers about 34 sq mi (88 km2) and is about 12 miles (19 km) long, 6 miles (9.6 km) wide and has 6 lakes. Bois Blanc is located in Lake Huron southeast of Mackinac Island and almost due north of the city of Cheboygan."Bois Blanc" is French for "white wood".".
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) label "Bois Blanc Island (Huronsee)".
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) label "Bois Blanc Island (Michigan)".
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) label "Île Bois Blanc (Michigan)".
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) sameAs Bois_Blanc_Island_(Huronsee).
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) sameAs Île_Bois_Blanc_(Michigan).
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- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) sameAs Q891060.
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) sameAs Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan).
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) lat "45.775".
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) long "-84.47888888888889".
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) wasDerivedFrom Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan)?oldid=589103017.
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) depiction MackinacBridgeSat1.jpg.
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) isPrimaryTopicOf Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan).
- Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan) name "Bois Blanc Island".