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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.
Manitou Camp is a logging and fishing camp started in the 1890s on Manitou Island, part of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. Today, as historically, Manitou Camp is used as a campground and as a facility for fishing. [2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1983 and is owned by the National Park Service.
Of its area, 42,308 acres is land and 27,232 acres is water, extending 1/4 mile from the 155 miles of shoreline. [5] Madeline Island, with commercial establishments of the town of La Pointe, is the only one of the Apostle Islands not included in the national lakeshore, although a portion of the island is protected as Big Bay State Park.
While the area encompassing the Town of La Pointe is made up of the entire Apostle Islands archipelago, the residents of the community live on the western shore of Madeline Island, the largest of the Apostle Islands because it is the only Apostle Island open to commercial development. [4] The population was 428 at the 2020 census. [5]
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Red Cliff Ojibwe tribal officials in northern Wisconsin have raised concerns about a bill to designate the Apostle Islands as a national park.. Congressman Tom Tiffany, R-Wausau, who represents ...
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 ...
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