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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] It sits at the end of a long and detached breakwater , which creates an artificial harbor.
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.
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]
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.
In November 1933, the Chequamegon National Forest was established, and the Forest Service began buying land across central Taylor County. [ 8 ] Around that time, three CCC camps were established in the Chequamegon Forest: Camp Perkinstown which planted trees and developed the Perkinstown winter sports area, [ 9 ] Camp Jump River near the Jump ...
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 ...