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Shore View of Mission Dock
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Elevated view of La Pointe and the shoreline from the Old Mission dock. Two boys and two men stand along the shoreline. The white building with the dark roof is the old school house before it was moved to the current location as the public library.
1900
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"Plowboy" Approaching the Mission Dock
1904
View from shoreline of the steamboat "Plowboy" approaching the Mission Dock at La Pointe. The Plowboy was the first steam ferry to go to Madeline Island. The boat made regular runs between Ashland,...
"Idora" at Mission Stub Dock
1910
View from shoreline of the steamboat "Idora," owned by Charles Russell, docked at the Mission 'stub dock' on Madeline Island. A group of people are on board as two men cast the boat from the dock. ...
Lizzie W. at Mission Dock
1900
Sailboat Lizzie W. at the Mission Dock. Captain Daniel Russell Angus, in the white sleeves, is at the tiller. The boat was named after Elizabeth Woods, the wife of Frederick Woods.
Mission Landing
1910
Steamboat "Skater" and two sailboats at end of the mission dock on Madeline Island.
Sailboat "Alpha"
1900
Group of people on sailboat "Alpha" at dock on Madeline Island. Captain Daniel Angus is at the tiller.
Raspberry Island
1913
Elevated view of wooden boats at Raspberry Island (or Devils Island) dock with picnickers on shore. The "Lizzie W' and Nelson Angus, A.G. Hull, Elsie Tough, Anne Ashley, Mrs. Hull, Mrs. Baker, Mrs....
