Any inhabited islands in Colorado?

Factual Questions
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No significant lake islands in Hawaii, only two or three actual lakes there (as opposed to reservoirs) but I’ll give Hawaii a pass for being all islands.

ETA: Ford’s good too.

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I think there’s a really expensive mall in [del]Vail[/del] Aspen known as “Fashion Island.”

Nobody actually lives there, per se (as in: after closing time), except a few homeless people.

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We’ve got Colorado covered now with GreasyJack’s link. Nothing on New Mexico yet though.

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If you want to spend time on a Colorado island, there’s Sentinel Island, which has a campground on it.

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There’s this in Farmington. Part of the tiny channel separating it was buried, though, and in any case it looks like it might be manmade.

There’s a better island to the northeast (Browning Parkway crosses it), but no houses, just a couple of sheds and a storage tank.

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They are called “inselberg”.

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Well slap me and call me Beverly. I would have thought the number of inhabited islands in Illinois is zero. It’s at least one, and possibly four, depending on how you define “inhabited.”

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There’s at least one permanently inhabited island in Montana, Siebeck Island in the Yellowstone River in Livingston.

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I wonder if this is how Dr. No started?

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Yeah, I see them both. Agree that the burying of the channel is problematic. Still, there are wider bridges than that in the world, so if push comes to shove, I could accept it.

Thanks!

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Mmmmmmaybe. :cool:

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Montana is in the club!

Can anyone point to other states that are viable candidates for No Inhabited Islands?

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Looks like at least two inhabited islands in Fox Lake alone. Plus one in Nippersink Lake, and one between Channel Lake and Lake Marie.

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Goose Island, off the top of my head.

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Without doing any significant research: Utah, Nevada
Someone above said states with ocean shores are certain to have them. This would seem to be a no brainer, but as far as I know, there are no inhabited islands off the Oregon coast. It’s just the nature of the coast: the ocean bottom drops rather precipitously as you move off shore. Pretty much all the off-shore islands are better described as rocks (and they’re usually named rocks as well). That’s not to say Oregon has no inhabited islands: Hayden Island and Sauvie Island (both near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia) are inhabited.

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There’s also several pretty impressive houses on islands (in some cases private islands) on Flathead Lake. For example: Google Maps and Google Maps

I’m guessing those aren’t permanently inhabited in the sense that I’m sure the actual owner have many other houses to live in during the winter months, but there may be caretakers who are out there full time.

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Antelope Island has been inhabited since pioneer times. A ranch house on Antelope Island is said to be the state’s oldest Anglo-built structure on its original foundation and the longest continually inhabited building in Utah.

However, it doesn’t say it’s inhabited now other than for tours. So this one may be open to interpretation.

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Probably stretching the meaning of ‘inhabited’, but Wyoming gets one:
http://yellowstonewiki.com/wiki/Peale_Island

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Probably aren’t any monkeys there, either…

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In a previous life I lived in Utah. A lot of public lands, BLM, Forest service. Maybe 80% of the state is federally owned.

I have flown over it in prop planes. Its got islands! If ya buy one, invite me for a visit, okay?