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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 region is served by the Chequamegon Bay Arts Council, a non-profit organization promoting the arts in northern Wisconsin. The Ashland Chamber Music Society is a volunteer organization that provides a venue for local and regional musicians to perform chamber music in the Ashland area.
Chequamegon Point is a peninsula that extends into Chequamegon Bay of Lake Superior in northern Wisconsin, in the Town of Sanborn, in Ashland County, Wisconsin. [1] Long Island is an extension of Chequamegon Point. Most of Chequamegon Point is owned by the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians.
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 ...
Boaters on Kakagon Sloughs, July 2014. The Kakagon Sloughs are a number of tributaries that flow into Chequamegon Bay and Lake Superior in Ashland County, Wisconsin.Species of fish found in the sloughs include the northern pike, walleye, panfish, and smallmouth bass. [2]
There are 60 campsites in Big Bay State Park, a 2,350-acre (9.5 km 2) park operated by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources on the south central shore of the island. [14] The park is sometimes called Eagles' Nest for the bald eagles that make their nests in the tall pine trees on the cliffs. It encloses a large lagoon and a bog/dune ...