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  2. Chequamegon Bay - Wikipedia

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    The end of Chequamegon Bay is known as the site of the first dwelling in present-day Wisconsin to have been occupied by European men. Two French fur traders , Médard des Groseilliers and Pierre-Esprit Radisson , built a hut somewhere on the west shore of the bay, probably in 1658.

  3. Ashland, Wisconsin - Wikipedia

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    The Ojibwe stayed on Chequamegon Point for nearly a century before leaving. They settled first on Madeline Island and then moved to the Sault Ste. Marie region. French fur traders Pierre d'Esprit, le Sieur Radisson and Medard Chouart, le Sieur des Groseilliers were the first Europeans of record to visit Chequamegon Bay. They arrived in 1659 and ...

  4. Washburn, Wisconsin - Wikipedia

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    Washburn is a city and the county seat of Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States.The population was 2,051 at the 2020 census. [3] The city is just east of and adjacent to the Town of Washburn.

  5. Apostle Islands National Lakeshore - Wikipedia

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    Other lighthouses in the Apostle islands include both Old and New Michigan Island Lights, New La Pointe Light and Chequamegon Point Light on Long Island, Devils Island Light, and Outer Island Light. The ruins of Old LaPointe Light can still be seen on Long Island, approximately 0.5 miles (0.80 km) away from the wreckage of the schooner Lucerne.

  6. Madeline Island - Wikipedia

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    An early map of Chequamegon Bay. The ferry Nichevo II, about to leave for Madeline Island. Nichevo is Russian for "no matter". [1] Madeline Island is an island in Lake Superior. Located in Ashland County, Wisconsin, it has long been a spiritual center of the Lake Superior Chippewa.

  7. D.R. Owen (shipwreck) - Wikipedia

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    During the early part of the 1870s Ashland was a small settlement, surrounded by a heavily wooded wilderness. Seeing the potential to make money in the future logging activity of the area, W.R. Sutherland founded the Ashland Lumber Company, the first sawmill in Ashland.

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