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Shipwreck

T.H. Camp (1876)

Ship Master: John Swanes
Nearby City: La Pointe, Ashland County
Body of water: Lake Superior
Shipwreck

Marquette (1881)

Location: Located in deep water off of Michigan Island in Lake Superior.
Ship Master: Captain Charles Caughell
Nearby City: Bayfield, Ashland County
Body of water: Lake Superior
Lighthouse

Outer Island Lighthouse

Nearby City: Apostle Islands - Outer Island, Ashland County
Body of water: Lake Superior
Shipwreck

City of Ashland (1883)

Nearby City: Washburn, Ashland County
Body of water: Lake Superior
Lighthouse

Devils Island Lighthouse

Location: Devils Island
Nearby City: Apostle Islands - Devils Island, Ashland County
Body of water: Lake Superior
Mooring Buoy

Lucerne Buoy

Location: off Long Island
Nearby City: Apostle Islands, Ashland County
Body of water: Lake Superior
Shipwreck

unknown sloop (b)

Location: Basswood Island, near quarry dock.
Ship Master: Francis Bachand
Nearby City: Bayfield, Ashland County
Body of water: Lake Superior
Waterfront Park

Ashland Memorial Park

Location: Hwy 2
Nearby City: Ashland, Ashland County
Body of water: Lake Superior
Shipwreck

unknown skiffs

Location: Willey's Island
Body of water: Lake Superior
Archaeological Site

Basswood Island Quarry Dock

Nearby City: Bayfield, Ashland County
Body of water: Lake Superior
Waterfront Park

Big Bay State Park

Location: 2402 Hagen Rd
Nearby City: La Pointe, Ashland County
Body of water: Lake Superior
Lighthouse

Ashland Breakwater Light

Location: Ashland breakwater
Nearby City: Ashland, Ashland County
Body of water: Lake Superior
Shipwreck

Big Bay Sloop

Nearby City: La Pointe, Ashland County
Body of water: Lake Superior
Shipwreck

Josephine (1864)

Location: Went aground near Michigan Island in the Apostle Islands.
Ship Master: Captain Brown
Nearby City: La Pointe, Ashland County
Body of water: Lake Superior
Shipwreck

unknown gasboat (e)

Location: Basswood Island
Nearby City: Red Cliff, Ashland County
Body of water: Lake Superior
Shipwreck

Noquebay (1872)

Location: Located on the eastern side of Stockton Island in a small cove known as Julian Bay. Approximatelt 5 miles northwest of Gull Island Light and 1 mile north of Presque Isle Point.
Nearby City: La Pointe, Ashland County
Body of water: Lake Superior
Lighthouse

La Pointe Lighthouse

Nearby City: La Pointe, Ashland County
Body of water: Lake Superior
Shipwreck

Madeline (1892)

Location: In shallow water east of the Soo Line ore dock close to the Hazel.
Nearby City: Ashland, Ashland County
Body of water: Lake Superior
Shipwreck

Hazel (1893)

Location: Ashland harbor, near shore, just east of Soo Lines ore dock?
Ship Master: Captain J.H. Maxim
Nearby City: Ashland, Ashland County
Body of water: Lake Superior
Historic Marker

Lucerne Maritime Trails Marker

Nearby City: Ashland, Ashland County
Body of water: Lake Superior

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