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It included 20 islands, a 12-mile (19 km) strip of the mainland, and approximately 1/4 mile of Lake Superior jurisdiction adjacent to each land unit. [ 14 ] Public Law 99-497 in 1986 added Long Island to the National Lakeshore and transferred ownership of all the light stations from the U.S. Coast Guard to the National Park Service .
Timms Hill or Timm's Hill is the highest natural point in the U.S. state of Wisconsin [3] and is located in north-central Wisconsin in Timms Hill County Park in the Town of Hill in Price County. After being surveyed by Quentin Stevens of Ogema Telephone Co in 1962, Timms Hill was discovered to have an elevation of 1,951.5 ft (595 m).
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.
Saxon Harbor is located on Lake Superior's Oronto Bay in Iron County, Wisconsin, United States. [1] The harbor, adjacent to Oronto Creek, is a part of a county park that includes deep sea fishing, camping and a sandy beach stretching for four miles westward.
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 Bois Brule River (most often referred to as the Brule River) is located in Douglas County, Wisconsin, United States, near the county's eastern border with Bayfield County. The river is 43.9 miles (70.7 km) long, [ 1 ] with its source being in central Douglas County near Upper St. Croix Lake.
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Geneva Lake: Offers camping and fishing adjacent to a 100-foot (30 m) beach. [7] Blue Mound State Park: Dane: 1,153 467 1959 Ryan Creek: Contains observation towers atop the highest point in southern Wisconsin and the state park system's only swimming pool. [8] Brunet Island State Park: Chippewa: 1,225 496 1936 Chippewa and Fisher Rivers