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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. Ashland Harbor Breakwater lighthouse also known as Ashland Breakwater Lighthouse, is an operational lighthouse located in the bay.
Lake Michigan: Milwaukee: Bass, Largemouth 11 lbs. 3 oz. not available 10/12/1940 Lake Ripley: Jefferson: Bass, Smallmouth 9 lbs. 1 oz. not available 06/21/1950 Indian Lake: Oneida: Bass, Rock 2 lbs. 15 oz. not available 06/02/1990 Shadow Lake: Waupaca: Bass, Hybrid Striped 13 lbs. 14.2 oz. 28.0 03/16/2002 Lake Columbia: Columbia: Bass, Striped ...
There are over 15,000 lakes in Wisconsin. Of these, about 40 percent have been named. Excluding Lake Michigan and Lake Superior, Lake Winnebago is the largest lake by area, largest by volume and the lake with the longest shoreline. The deepest lake is Wazee Lake, at 350 feet (107 meters). The deepest natural lake is Green Lake, at
The Apostle Islands National Lakeshore is located in Bayfield, Wisconsin, on Lake Superior, the "largest, cleanest, and coldest of the Great Lakes." [3] The lakeshore comprises beaches, cliffs, water, and 21 islands. [4] 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]
The smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of the order Perciformes. [4] It is the type species of its genus Micropterus (black basses), and is a popular game fish sought by anglers throughout the temperate zones of North America, and has been spread by stocking —as well as illegal introductions—to many cool-water ...
Lake Superior deepest point [4] on the bathymetric map. [1] Lake Superior has a surface area of 31,700 square miles (82,103 km 2), [7] which is approximately the size of South Carolina or Austria. It has a maximum length of 350 statute miles (560 km; 300 nmi) and maximum breadth of 160 statute miles (257 km; 139 nmi). [8]
Wisconsin Point is a peninsula off the shore of Superior in Douglas County, Wisconsin, United States. [1] 3 miles (4.8 km) in length, it is in the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve. The point is the world's largest freshwater bay mouth sand bar. [2] The Wisconsin Point Lighthouse, built in 1913, is situated on the end of the ...
The North Shore Commercial Fishing Museum is a museum in Tofte, Minnesota, dedicated to the history of the Scandinavian immigrants and communities of the North Shore region of Lake Superior, and especially their importance to the national commercial fishing industry of the 1880s to 1940s. It is Minnesota's first museum dedicated to commercial ...