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Learn from area historians about a wide range of interesting topics including shipwrecks, lighthouse keepers, WWII POWs and, of course, Lake Superior.
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Video Listing
The most recent additions are at the top of the list. Select a topic to view related videos. Any search is limited to video titles and video description text.

Gladys Hyde & Annette Johnson

Madeline Island Ferry

Pat Morrin

Mel & Helene Mattson

Sand Island Memories

Old Bayfield City Jail

Bayfield Model Railroad Exhibit Virtual Tour

Bayfield Model Railroad Tour – Short Version

Shipwrecks and Stories of Wisconsin’s South Shore

Mary Rice Garden Party – June 26, 1988

Ed Erickson, Julian Nelson, Walter Linquist, Roger O’Malley and Leroy Olson

Dawson Hauser
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History Briefs
Briefs are listed in alphabetical order. Select a topic to review related briefs. The search function is full-text. Online access to History Briefs is made possible thanks to support from the Apostle Islands Historic Preservation Conservancy.

Logging Cedar on Rocky Island – 1928

Logging Operations at Oak Island

True Hometown Built – Tug Bayfield

Early Vessels that Transported Lumber and Pulled Tows

Bayfield Waterfront Dock Fire – 1908

Island Logging

Mystic Tales of Paul Bunyan

Honoring the Lumberjacks

Big Boom Tug Van Raalte – Ashland

Red Cliff Lumber Companies – Part 3

Red Cliff Lumber Companies – Part 2

Red Cliff Lumber Companies – Part 1
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Photographs
This is a gallery of historic photographs displayed throughout this site. Select a topic to view related photographs. Click a photograph to view the full-size version.
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BAYFIELD HERITAGE ASSOCIATION
2022 Museum Hours
June 21- September 24
Tuesday - Saturday
1-4:00 pm