Introduction
The Apostle Islands National Lakeshore is located off Wisconsin’s peninsula in Lake Superior, the “largest, cleanest, and coldest of the Great Lakes.” The lakeshore comprises beaches, cliffs, water, and 21 islands. Madeline Island is the only one of the Apostle Islands not included in the national lakeshore, although a portion of the island is protected as Big Bay State Park. The island's accessibility by ferry or ice road, along with the shops, restaurants and other commercial establishments of the island town of La Pointe, make it popular with visitors to the national lakeshore.
Beginning in the west, going north around the outer islands, then west, then east, ending with the southern most island, the islands are:
- Eagle Island
- Sand Island - dock, ranger station, camping and lighthouse
- York Island - camping
- Bear Island
- Devils Island - dock, lighthouse, and camping
- Rocky Island - dock, ranger station, and camping
- South Twin Island - dock and camping
- North Twin Island
- Outer Island - dock, lighthouse, and camping
- Cat Island - camping
- Ironwood Island - camping
- Otter Island - dock and camping
- Raspberry Island - dock, ranger station, and lighthouse
- Oak Island - dock, ranger station, and camping
- Manitou Island - dock, ranger station, Manitou fish camp, and camping
- Stockton Island - two docks, ranger station, and camping. Sites include Trout Point Logging Camp and a sandstone quarry
- Gull Island
- Michigan Island - dock, lighthouse, and camping
- Hermit Island - includes a sandstone quarry
- Basswood Island - dock, camping, and the McCloud-Brigham Farm
- Long Island - modern lighthouse on the point
Historical evidence suggests that another island formerly existed alongside Eagle Island. It was known as Steamboat Island, although this name was apparently also used for Eagle Island itself, in which case Steamboat Island was called "Little Steamboat Island." Multiple sources dating from August 1901 document the disappearance of the island around that time, due to unknown natural forces.
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