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| Community: | La Pointe |
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| County: | Ashland |
| Historic Name: | OUTER ISLAND LIGHT |
| Reference Number: | 2487 |
| Community: | La Pointe |
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| County: | Ashland |
| Historic Name: | DEVIL'S ISLAND LIGHT |
| Reference Number: | 2488 |
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| Description: | View across water toward the Montauk Lighthouse, in Montauk Point State Park, a U.S. Government Reservation on Long Island. Several people are playing on t... |
| Date: | 04 1926 |
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| Description: | This blueprint mostly shows various numbers within the canal and bay. Lake Michigan and Harobor of Refuge are shown along the far right side. Near the harb... |
| Location: | Barker's Island Marina 250 Marina Dr |
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| Nearby City: | Superior, Douglas County |
| Body of water: | Lake Superior |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View along a sandy pathway toward the Amelia Island lighthouse near the keeper's house. Trees line the pathway, and two horses pulling a carriages are on t... |
| Community: | La Pointe |
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| County: | Ashland |
| Historic Name: | MICHIGAN ISLAND LIGHT |
| Reference Number: | 2486 |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | The Ludemann's [also spelled Lueddemann] farm had been cultivated since the early 1850s by Mr. Ludemann, "a very pleasant Saxon with his very pleasant wife... |
| Location: | Ashland breakwater |
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| Nearby City: | Ashland, Ashland County |
| Body of water: | Lake Superior |
| Community: | Bayfield |
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| County: | Bayfield |
| Historic Name: | RASPBERRY ISLAND LIGHT |
| Reference Number: | 27000 |
| For Immediate Release |
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| The Wisconsin Historical Society placed the Port Washington North Breakwater Light on the State Register of Historic Places on August 17, 2018. |
| Discover how our lakes, streams and rivers carved our culture as we explore the depths of Wisconsin's water history. |
| Location: | Plum Island |
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| Nearby City: | Death's Door Passage, Door County |
| Body of water: | Lake Michigan |
| Community: | Bayfield |
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| County: | Bayfield |
| Historic Name: | SAND ISLAND LIGHT |
| Reference Number: | 919 |
| Activities, vocabulary, discussion questions, and extensions for using Sport with your students. |
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| Discussion guide intended for use with Sport: Ship Dog of the Great Lakes. |
| For Immediate Release |
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| The Wisconsin Historical Society has announced the listing of the Port Washington North Breakwater Light in the National Register of Historic Places. |
| For Immediate Release (March 10, 2022) |
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In this beautifully illustrated children's book based on historical documents, readers share in Sport's adventures while discovering the various ways lighthouse tender ships helped keep the lake safe for others.
| Price: | $17.95 |
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| For Immediate Release (September 15, 2022) |
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| Description: | Hand-colored postcard view of the lighthouse and boathouse at Bray's Point. Caption reads: "Bray's Point and Light, Junction of Fox River with Lake Winneba... |
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