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Map or Atlas

Map of Duluth Minnesota and Superior Wisconsin Showing Lines of the Duluth Street Railway Company

Date: 1911
Description: This map of Duluth and Superior shows street car routes, railroads, ferries, some points of interest, and lighthouses. The bottom left of the map reads: "C...
Postcard

Lighthouse, Superior, Wisconsin

Date: 1907
Description: Caption reads: "Old Light House, Wisconsin Point, Superior, Wis."
National or State Registers Record

Superior Entry South Breakwater

Community: Superior
County: Douglas
Historic Name: Superior Entry South Breakwater Light
Reference Number: 07000102
Photograph

Lighthouse, Superior, Wisconsin

Date: 1910
Description: View of the remnants of the Minnesota Point Lighthouse. Faint caption at bottom reads: "Lighthouse".
Photograph

Minnesota Point Light House

Date: 1897
Description: Long view of the Minnesota Point lighthouse, built at the entrance to Superior Harbor. It is allegedly the first lighthouse at the head of Lake Superior.
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin

Date: 1891
Description: This map shows railroads, electric street railways, block numbers, docks, roads, parks, light houses, selected buildings, and sites for manufacturers. The ...
Postcard

The Old Standby

Date: 1930
Description: Caption reads: "'The Old Standby' First Lighthouse Built at the Head of Lake Superior—Superior Entry — 1854 Keepers, Com. Saxton and Samuel Palmer."
Print

Superior Harbor

Date: 01 04 1862
Description: Engraving of the city of Superior and Lake Superior, also depicting railroad piers, Minnesota Point, and the steamboat "Star". The engraving appears on a l...
Photograph

Tug Record Pulling a Schooner into Superior

Date: 1891
Description: Photograph of a painting by May Conniff Frost showing the tugboat Record of the Inman Line pulling a lake schooner through rough waters into Superio...
Postcard

Steamship William E. Corey

Date: 03 23 1915
Description: Text on front reads: "Steamship William E. Corey, entering Duluth and Superior Harbor, Wis." A steamship entering the harbor under the Aerial Lift Bridge, ...
Lighthouse

Wisconsin Point Light (Superior Entry)

Location: Barker's Island Marina 250 Marina Dr
Nearby City: Superior, Douglas County
Body of water: Lake Superior

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