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78000075
Located in Town of La Pointe, Ashland County
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16000241
Located in Town of La Pointe, Ashland County
Basswood Island Quarry Dock
Lake Superior
The Basswood Island Quarry (also known as the Bass Island Brownstone Quarry) is located at the south end of Basswood Island. In 1854, a group of investors purchased the land where the quarry eventu...
Quarry on Basswood Island
1915
Bill Baker standing on top of a wall of the quarry on Basswood Island.
