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Madeline Island is an island in Lake Superior. Located in Ashland County , Wisconsin , it has long been a spiritual center of the Lake Superior Chippewa . Although the largest of the Apostle Islands , it is not included in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore .
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.
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.
In 1693 Pierre LeSueur built a fort on the largest island (now known as Madeline Island), located at the mouth of the bay. It was abandoned by the French before the close of the century. In 1718 a French fort was built on the island where Louis Denis de la Ronde had a post for fur trading and exploration for copper mines.
On Madeline Island, Stockton Island, and several other islands, a unique bog dune ecosystem can be found near deep bays and enclosed lagoons. According to the National Park Service , "One of the greatest concentrations of black bears in North America is found on Stockton Island in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.
Madeline Island is the only member of the Apostle Islands that is not included in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, and is therefore the only island in the group open to commercial development. The historic unincorporated community of La Pointe, was established by French fur traders as a trading post in 1693.
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The Big Bay Sloop is the name given to the unidentified remains of a sunken sloop in Lake Superior located off the coast of Madeline Island in La Pointe, Wisconsin, United States. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 14, 2009. [2] Additionally, it is a designated National Marine Protected Area. [3]