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Devils Island Sandstone Ripples Seacaves. The island is perhaps most visited for the dramatic rock formations and sea caves that wrap around its northern shore. It is popular with kayakers who enjoy meandering in and out of the caves on calm days. The caves were sculpted from the billion year old sandstone bedrock exposed through the island's ...
The Apostle Islands National Lakeshore is a U.S. national lakeshore consisting of 21 islands (Apostle Islands) and shoreline encompassing 69,540 acres (28,140 ha) [1] on the northern tip of Wisconsin on the shore of Lake Superior.
The Apostle Islands are a group of 22 islands in Lake Superior, off the Bayfield Peninsula in northern Wisconsin. [1] The majority of the islands are located in Ashland County—only Sand, York, Eagle, and Raspberry Islands are located in Bayfield County. All the islands except for Madeline Island are part of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.
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Big Bay State Park is a state park of Wisconsin, United States, on Madeline Island, the largest of 22 Apostle Islands in Lake Superior. [1] The 2,350-acre (951 ha) park has picturesque sandstone bluffs and caves and a 1.5-mile-long (2.4 km) sand beach.
The following is a list of named islands of the state of Wisconsin. According to the USGS, there are 431 named islands, [1] and many more unnamed ones among Wisconsin's 15,074 lakes. [2] Wisconsin borders both Lake Michigan and Lake Superior producing many of the state's islands. The Mississippi River also has many islands on the state's ...
One of the twenty-two Apostle Islands of northern Wisconsin, Manitou Island has also been known as New Jersey Island (Henry R. Schoolcraft's 1820 map) and Tait's Island (Asaph Whittlesey's 1871 map). [1] The island is located in western Lake Superior off the Bayfield Peninsula, is centered at approximately 46°57'55.77" N 90°39'25.75" W and ...
Henry S. Reuss Ice Age Visitor Center located in the Northern Unit, exhibits to learn about the frozen history of Wisconsin and the effects of the glacier Kickapoo Valley Reserve: La Farge: Vernon: Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers: 8,569 acres, trails, visitor center with exhibit gallery, environmental education classes [16] Lac Lawrann Conservancy ...