# Sunset Island

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**Sunset Island** is a three-acre island on [Lake Champlain](/source/Lake_Champlain), located just west of the Greater Mallets Bay, [Colchester, Vermont](/source/Colchester,_Vermont), [United States](/source/United_States).[\[1\]](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sunset+Island/@44.5632915,-73.3278913,14.81z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x4cca692ee5e019dd:0xaebcd9674bd35f22!8m2!3d44.5649291!4d-73.3235313!16s%2Fm%2F06w960r?entry=ttu) It is currently privately held, with Patricia McDonald as the majority owner.

Originally named Hogback Island, the property was used by the caretaker of the [Colchester Reef lighthouse](/source/Colchester_Reef_Light) for [farming](/source/Farming) from 1871 until the lighthouse was decommissioned in 1933. In 1956, after the [lighthouse](/source/Lighthouse) had been relocated to the [Shelburne Museum](/source/Shelburne_Museum), Sunset Island went up for auction and was purchased by John McDonald and 3 other sportsmen to be used predominantly for [duck hunting](/source/Duck_hunting).[1]

There are no facilities on the island besides a one-room cabin left over from the lighthouse era that is used to store maintenance and landscaping requirements.

## References

1. ["Sunset Island Vacation Homes | Ocean City, MD"](https://www.sunsetisland.net/). *Sunset Island*. Retrieved 2024-10-08.

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