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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.
The Apostle Islands National Lakeshore is a U.S. national lakeshore consisting of 21 islands (Apostle Islands) and shoreline encompassing 69,540 acres (28,140 ha) [1] on the northern tip of Wisconsin on the shore of Lake Superior.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Wisconsin, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a Google map.
The Apostle Islands are located just off the shores of Lake Superior in far northern Wisconsin and are a popular summer tourist destination. The islands are also just off the coast of the Red ...
When U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-Wausau) announced his bill to redesignate the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore as a national park, it came as a complete surprise (“National Park upgrade for ...
Six of these lighthouses, all in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, were listed as a group on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977 under the name Apostle Islands Lighthouses. The lighthouses are generally located at the edge of the group of islands, as beacons to guide shipping through and around the islands.
This law would bring National Park status to the Apostle Islands and also secure ongoing environmental conservation as well as greater prosperity.
It is managed by the National Park Service as part of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. The politician and author Samuel Fifield wrote in 1899 that, "The Indians in the early days declared it to be the home of Matchimanitou, the "evil spirit," whom Kitchie-Manitouo, the "great spirit," had imprisoned there. Hence its name, Devils Island."