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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.

Virginia Torke

Victoria Gokee, Jim LaGrew, Edmund Thomas & Warren Conner

Harriet & Vermont Johnson

Mary Rice Garden Party – June 25, 1988

Stewart & Marion Aiken

Elsie Peterson & Bertha Hyde

Gladys Hyde & Annette Johnson

Madeline Island Ferry

Pat Morrin

Mel & Helene Mattson

Sand Island Memories

Old Bayfield City Jail
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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.

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

Visiting a Modern Lumber Camp – 1921

Where have all the forests gone?

S.S. Vaughn Mill

Old Saw Mills Farewell

Lumber Industry in Bayfield Wisconsin

Public Knowledge: Timberland and Shipping Activities

Western Emigration & Speculation
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Photographs
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BAYFIELD HERITAGE ASSOCIATION
2022 Museum Hours
Our museum is closed for the season. We will see you again in the summer of 2023!
If you would like to visit by appointment:
Call (715) 779-5958