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Big Stone Island Nature Area is a nature area on Big Stone Island in Big Stone Lake in Roberts County, South Dakota. The island is also known as Kite Island and Big Island and is near the border with Minnesota. Originally the island was a village used by the Plains Indians. During the late 1800s and early 1900s several resorts were located on the island but were abandoned. In the 1940s during World War II the island was used by military aircraft to practice take-offs and landings. The area is only accessible by boat or canoe and today preserves the island for wildlife.^[1]

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^ "Big Stone Island Nature Area - South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks". gfp.sd.gov.

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Big Stone Island Nature Area - South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks

Protected areas of South Dakota

Federal

National Parks	Badlands Wind Cave
National Historic Sites and Memorials	Minuteman Missile NHS Mount Rushmore NMem
National monument	Jewel Cave
National Forests	Black Hills Custer
National Grasslands	Buffalo Gap Dakota Prairie Fort Pierre Grand River
National Historic Trail	Lewis and Clark
National Recreational River	Missouri
National Wildlife Refuges	Huron WMD Karl E. Mundt Lacreek Lake Andes Madison WMD Sand Lake Sand Lake WMD Waubay Waubay WMD
National Wilderness Areas	Badlands Black Elk
National Wild and Scenic Rivers	Missouri River

State

State Parks	Bear Butte Custer Fisher Grove Fort Sisseton Good Earth Hartford Beach Lake Herman Newton Hills Oakwood Lakes Palisades Roy Lake Sica Hollow Union Grove
State Recreation Areas	Angostura Big Sioux Burke Lake Buryanek Chief White Crane Cow Creek Farm Island George S. Mickelson Trail Indian Creek Lake Alvin Lake Cochrane Lake Hiddenwood Lake Louise Lake Poinsett Lake Thompson Lake Vermillion Lewis and Clark Little Moreau Llewellyn Johns Mina Lake North Point North Wheeler Oahe Downstream Okobojo Point Pease Creek Pelican Lake Pickerel Lake Pierson Ranch Platte Creek Randall Creek Richmond Lake Sandy Shore Shadehill Snake Creek Springfield Swan Creek Walker's Point West Bend West Pollack West Whitlock
State Nature Areas	Adams Homestead and Nature Preserve Beaver Creek Big Stone Island LaFramboise Island Spirit Mound Historic Prairie Spearfish Canyon

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Stone_Island_Nature_Area

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