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Bayfield, Wisconsin, home of the national lakeshore's headquarters and visitor center, becomes more popular during the summer, when visitors travel to and from the islands. [22] Other nearby communities are Red Cliff , three miles north of Bayfield, which offers a campground, marina, and the Legendary Waters Resort and Casino, and Washburn ...
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]
Lake Namakagon (pronounced NAM-uh-KAH-gun) is located in Bayfield County, Wisconsin. The lake is a large freshwater drainage lake that opens inlet and outlet of streams located between Lake Superior and Mississippi River system.
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.
Sand Island is one of the Apostle Islands, in northern Wisconsin, in Lake Superior, and is part of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. [1] [2] It is located in the Town of Bayfield in Bayfield County. The Sand Island Light, the Sevona Cabin, the Shaw Farm and the West Bay Club are located on the island.
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.
Big Bay State Park is a state park of Wisconsin, United States, on Madeline Island, the largest of 22 Apostle Islands in Lake Superior. [1] The 2,350-acre (951 ha) park has picturesque sandstone bluffs and caves and a 1.5-mile-long (2.4 km) sand beach. It encloses unique habitat types including lakeside dunes, sphagnum bogs, and old-growth forest.
Bayfield Maritime Museum. The city of Bayfield is known in the Anishinaabe language as Oshki-oodena ("New-town"), as opposed to Superior, Wisconsin, which is known as Gete-oodena ("Old-town"), in reference to the Ojibwa migration. The Bayfield Maritime Museum and Bayfield Heritage Museum are the city's two museums. There are several art galleries.