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The Ashland Harbor Breakwater lighthouse, also known as Ashland Breakwater Lighthouse, is an operational lighthouse located near Ashland in Ashland County, Wisconsin, USA. [7] Located in Chequamegon Bay of Lake Superior, it is owned and managed by the National Park Service, and is a part of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. [8]
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.
Chequamegon Point Light ; Location: Long Island, Wisconsin Coordinates: 1]: Tower; Constructed: 1896 : Foundation: Originally on a concrete pier: Construction: Iron: Automated: 1964: Height: 35 feet (11 m): Shape: White skeletal: Light; First lit: 1896: Focal height: 42 feet (13 m) [2]: Lens: Fourth order Fresnel lens: Range: 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) [1]: Characteristic: Fl G 4s : The ...
The Rainbow Lake Wilderness is a 7,135-acre (29 km 2) wilderness area located within the Chequamegon unit of the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest. [1] The land is in northern Wisconsin and entirely in Bayfield County. The wilderness area is operated by the United States Forest Service. [2]
The Mondeaux Dam Recreation Area is part of the Chequamegon National Forest. Mondo Dam, as it is referred to by the locals, has four different camping sites including Eastwood, Spearhead Point, and West Point. The Ice Age National Scenic Trail is a hiking trail that runs through the recreation area. The park also offers activities such as ...
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.
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. It is in northern Wisconsin, on the shore of Lake Superior's Chequamegon Bay. Wisconsin Highway 13 and County Highway C are the main routes in the ...
This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of Wisconsin as identified by the United States Coast Guard and other historical sources.. If not otherwise noted, focal height and coordinates are taken from the United States Coast Guard Light List, [1] while location and dates of activation, automation, and deactivation are taken from the United States Coast Guard Historical information ...