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Chequamegon Bay lies largely inside the barrier of Chequamegon Point and Long Island, with the Bad River Indian Reservation to the east. Ashland, Wisconsin is on its south, Washburn, Wisconsin is on its north. The 850,000 acres (3,440 km 2) Chequamegon National Forest lies largely south and west.
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 68-acre (28 ha) campus overlooks the Baraboo bluffs and is intersected by the Ice Age Trail. 6 buildings comprise the campus, including student dorms, a student union, a library, and classroom buildings. The university was originally built with 3 buildings and has expanded over the years, including its most recent building in 2015.
Map published by U.S. Congress (1899), shows main Bad River Reservation (#334) and Madeline Island fishing grounds (#335). The Buffalo Estate (#341) is shown with the rest of the Red Cliff Reservation (#342). Madeline Island and Chequamegon Point are visible in the center of the image.
Other lighthouses in the Apostle islands include both Old and New Michigan Island Lights, New La Pointe Light and Chequamegon Point Light on Long Island, Devils Island Light, and Outer Island Light. The ruins of Old LaPointe Light can still be seen on Long Island, approximately 0.5 miles (0.80 km) away from the wreckage of the schooner Lucerne.
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.
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 Chequamegon Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on Long Island, one of the Apostle Islands, in Lake Superior in Ashland County, Wisconsin, near the city of Bayfield. [ 3 ] The Chequamegon Point light was maintained by the keeper of the La Pointe Light (about a mile away) and its original lens came from there.