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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 .
The island is located in western Lake Superior off the Bayfield Peninsula, is centered at approximately 47°04'16.50" N 90°43'36.33" W and has a maximum elevation of 652' above sea level. The island rises only 50' above Lake Superior's official elevation of 602'.
The islands' coastlines possess varied geology, where precambrian sandstone has eroded into sea caves, and the resulting sand has formed sandspits, cuspate forelands, tombolos, barrier spits, and beaches. United States Senator Gaylord Nelson sponsored the federal legislation that established the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.
Mawikwe Bay Sea Caves, part of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore near Cornucopia The swimming beach on Lake Superior Abandoned boat along Wisconsin Highway 13 in Cornucopia. Cornucopia is an unincorporated census-designated place in the town of Bell in northern Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States.
And after our Apostle Islands paddle was fully thwarted on Saturday afternoon, we gave the bay another shot, this time north of Washburn. Reporter Keith Uhlig floats outside a sea cave on ...
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.
The Madeline Island Museum documents the island's history, and is located near the ferry dock. La Pointe is a town in Ashland County, Wisconsin, United States.The town includes all of the Apostle Islands except for the westernmost four, which lie in the towns of Bayfield and Russell in Bayfield County.
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 ...