The Great Lakes islands consist of 35,000 islands created by uneven glacial activity in the Great Lakes basin. At 1,068 square miles (2,766 km²), the largest lake island in the world is Manitoulin in Lake Huron in Canada's province of Ontario.

List of notable Great Lakes islands and archipelagos

• Apostle Islands
• Ballast Island
• Bass Islands
• Beaver Island
• Belle Isle
• Bois Blanc Island
• Drummond Island
• Fox Islands
• Green Bay Islands
• Grosse Ile
• Harsens Island
• Isle Royale
• Kelleys Island
• Mackinac Island
• Manitou Islands
• Manitoulin Island
• Michipicoten Island
• Neebish Island
• Pelee Island
• Rattlesnake Island
• St. Ignace Island
• St. Joseph Island
• Sleeping Giant Island
• Sugar Island
• Thirty Thousand Islands
• Toronto Islands
• Walpole Island

See also Islands of Michigan