Wolfe Island (Ontario)

Wolfe Island
	NASA image of Wolfe Island. Kingston, Ontario is in the upper left of the image and upstate New York is the landmass in the right corner.
Geography
Location	Lake Ontario
Coordinates	44°10′N 76°22′W / 44.167°N 76.367°W
Area	124 km2 (48 sq mi)
Administration
	Canada
Province	Ontario
County	Frontenac County
Township	Frontenac Islands
Largest settlement	Marysville
Demographics
Population	1,400

Wolfe Island is an island at the entrance to the Saint Lawrence River in Lake Ontario near Kingston, Ontario. Wolfe Island is part of Frontenac County, Ontario and the Township of Frontenac Islands. It is the largest of the Thousand Islands. The largest community on the island is Marysville.

The island is about 29 kilometres (18 miles) long, with its width varying from around 9 kilometres (6 miles) to a few hundred metres at some points; its area is about 124 square kilometres (48 square miles). The resident population is about 1400 people, but this can double or triple in summer.

It is the site of the Wolfe Island Wind Project, a 197.8 MW wind farm consisting of 86 wind turbines,^[1] in operation since 2009.^[2]

^ Wolfe Island Wind Project (197.8 MW) - Wolfe Island
^ "Canadian Hydro Developers Inc. - Green, Renewable, Sustainable, Energy". Archived from the original on February 10, 2009. Retrieved January 30, 2009.

[1] Wolfe Island Wind Project (197.8 MW) - Wolfe Island

[2] "Canadian Hydro Developers Inc. - Green, Renewable, Sustainable, Energy". Archived from the original on February 10, 2009. Retrieved January 30, 2009.

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