Stevenson Island is a small, uninhabited island in Yellowstone Lake, Teton County, Wyoming.mytopo.com. "Find a Map > States > Wyoming > Teton County > Island > Stevenson Island." Accessed 29-Mar-2013. It was originally called Stevenson's IslandYellowstone Lake : Pre-park era exploration. The article has a correspondence to Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution with the name "Stevenson's Island," dated August 8th, 1871. Accessed 29-Mar-2013. after Colonel James D. Stevenson,Writers' Program, Wyoming. "Wyoming: A Guide to Its History, Highways, and People." University of Nebraska Press, 1981. . and is now sometimes called Stevensons Island. Accessed 29-Mar-2013.
The island is long and narrow, generally oriented north to south. It is approximately 250 meters (820 feet) wide at its widest point and 1,800 meters (1.1 miles) long at its longest point.bing.com/maps "Stevenson Island, WY". Accessed 29-Mar-2013. It is about from the west shore of Yellowstone Lake, where Weasel Creek enters the lake.mytopo.com. "Find a Map > States > Wyoming > USGS Quad Maps > Lake". Accessed 29-Mar-2013.
See also List of islands of Wyoming
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