Description
Jewelwing Island is located approx. 5.7 acres; in the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge in the Mississippi River, 5 mi. NE of Freeburg, 3.4 mi. SW of Stoddard; Sec. 6, T13N, R7W, Fourth Wisconsin Meridian
History
The name refers to the native damselfly, the Ebony Jewelwing