North Channel

North Channel is a strait in Ashland, Wisconsin. North Channel is situated nearby to the locality Roys Point, as well as near the neighborhood Brickyard Creek.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Madeline Island and Bass Island Brownstone Company Quarry.

Madeline Island

Photo: Oneconscious, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Madeline Island is an island in Lake Superior. Located in Ashland County, Wisconsin, it has long been a spiritual center of the Lake Superior Chippewa.

Bass Island Brownstone Company Quarry

Quarry

Photo: Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Bass Island Brownstone Company Quarry, also known as the Basswood Island Quarry, on Basswood Island in Lake Superior was operational from 1868 to 1893.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Red Cliff and Bayfield.

Red Cliff, also known as Gaa-Miskwaabikaang, is a Tribal Nation in the town of Russell, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States. Red Cliff is the administrative center of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.

Bayfield

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Bayfield is a city in Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 584 at the 2020 census, making it the city with the smallest population in Wisconsin.

La Pointe

Village

Photo: Billertl, CC BY-SA 3.0.

La Pointe is a town in Ashland County, Wisconsin, United States. The town includes all of the Apostle Islands except for the westernmost four, which lie in the towns of Bayfield and Russell in Bayfield County.

North Channel

Type: Strait
Category: body of water
Location: Ashland, Wisconsin, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

46.82962° or 46° 49′ 47″ north

Longitude

-90.72886° or 90° 43′ 44″ west

Elevation

604 feet (184 metres)

Open location code

86RFR7HC+RF

OpenStreetMap ID

node 12801584438

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=strait

GeoNames ID

5264784

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