Chart of Apostle Islands Including the South Coast of Lake Superior : From Little Girl Point, Michigan to Sand Point, Wisconsin | Map or Atlas | Wisconsin Historical Society

Map or Atlas

Chart of Apostle Islands Including the South Coast of Lake Superior : From Little Girl Point, Michigan to Sand Point, Wisconsin

Chart of Apostle Islands Including the South Coast of Lake Superior : From Little Girl Point, Michigan to Sand Point, Wisconsin | Map or Atlas | Wisconsin Historical Society
This 1909 chart of the Apostle Islands, Chequamegon Bay, and the Lake Superior shoreline shows relief by contours and spot heights and depths by contours, gradient tints and soundings. It includes printed compasses, notes on authorities, latitudes, longitudes, soundings, water areas and depths, magnetic variations, water elevations, sailing directions, abbreviations, scales, and opening and closing of navigation. Also shown are lighthouses, docks at Ashland and other locations, railroads, roads, quarries, businesses, shoreline vegetation, and streams flowing into Lake Superior.
DESCRIPTION
This 1909 chart of the Apostle Islands, Chequamegon Bay, and the Lake Superior shoreline shows relief by contours and spot heights and depths by contours, gradient tints and soundings. It includes printed compasses, notes on authorities, latitudes, longitudes, soundings, water areas and depths, magnetic variations, water elevations, sailing directions, abbreviations, scales, and opening and closing of navigation. Also shown are lighthouses, docks at Ashland and other locations, railroads, roads, quarries, businesses, shoreline vegetation, and streams flowing into Lake Superior.
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:97411
Creation Date: 1909
Creator Name:United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
City:
County:
State:Wisconsin
Collection Name:Map Collection
Genre:Map or Atlas
Original Format Type:prints, photomechanical
Original Format Number:GX9028 A64 1906
Original Dimensions:116 x 82 cm., on sheets 63 x 84 cm. or smaller.
SUBJECTS
Hills
Land
Shorelines
Superior, Lake
Aids to navigation
Harbors
Bays

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