by Bayfield Heritage Association | May 25, 2022 | Industries, Videos
Bayfield Logging and forestry – History and Careers Welcome to the third in a series of presentations by John Klungness concerning forestry in the Bayfield area. The first two were on logging and reforestation. This presentation covers a brief history of logging... 
by Bayfield Heritage Association | Feb 28, 2022 | Industries, Lake Superior, Videos
Building Blocks of America – Quarries of the Apostle Islands and South Shore For over 30 years, brownstone quarries on the Apostle Islands and the South Shore were busy cutting and shipping stone used to construct buildings in cities throughout the Midwest. Learn why... 
by Bayfield Heritage Association | Feb 2, 2022 | Industries, Lake Superior, People, Videos
The Cadottes – A Fur Trade Family on Lake Superior The Great Lakes fur trade spanned two centuries and thousands of miles, but the story of one particular family, the Cadottes, illuminates the history of trade and trapping while exploring under-researched... 
by Bayfield Heritage Association | Dec 11, 2021 | Industries, Lake Superior, Transportation, Videos
With All Hands: The Loss of the Edmund Fitzgerald Historian Thom Holden provides some fascinating details about the building of the Edmund Fitzgerald, its final journey and the sinking of this historic... 
by Bayfield Heritage Association | Aug 3, 2021 | Industries, Videos
The CCCs Role in Reforesting Bayfields Cutover Learn about logging, forestry and the work of the Civilian Conservation Corps to reforest the Bayfield peninsula in the 1930’s. Presented by BHA Board member and retired forest products industry expert, John... 
by Bayfield Heritage Association | Aug 3, 2021 | Events, Industries, Videos
Bound to Bring a Good Harvest The role of the Apostle Islands Indian Pageant (c. 1920’s) in shaping northern WI’s tourism...