Shaw Point Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2020.

From the record

One of 21 National Register listings published here for Bayfield County · listed in 2020 · category: District.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Address. Sand Island, Apostle Islands NL, Bayfield, 54814
When was it listed? July 2020
Category. district
Town. Bayfield town
National Register reference number. 100005371 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

11 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Shaw Point Historic District between 1995 and 2020, burning about 25 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Debris and open burning	4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Natural	2
Other causes	1
Firearms and explosives use	1
Fireworks	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
6 July 2007	Natural	under an acre	Apostle Islands National Lakeshore	PLOT FIRE
5 July 2006	Fireworks	under an acre	Great Lakes Agency	EAGLE BAY RD
28 July 2001	Natural	under an acre	Apostle Islands National Lakeshore	FIR FIRE
1 July 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	23 acres	Great Lakes Agency	WDNR_BILL
9 June 2010	Firearms and explosives use	under an acre	Apostle Islands National Lakeshore	LITTLE SAND BAY
23 May 2020	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	VALLEY
23 May 1995	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	not named
30 April 2015	Other causes	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	RIDGE ROAD FIRE

Every fire recorded in Bayfield County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Shaw Point Historic District: 2 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Gilbert A. Larson Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence
J. M. Black Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Sand River Gravel Pit #1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence
Sand River Gravel Pit #2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Bayfield County

Storms near this property

16 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bayfield, the town this property stands in, in 16 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 12 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flash flood. The reports record 2 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Bayfield	2 hurt, $1,500,000	Downburst winds hit the Bayfield waterfront where an art fair was in progress at Memorial Park. Most of the ninety fair tents were demolished and art pieces were tossed into Lake Superior. A woman broke her hand while a man received a large gash on his hand. Numerous large trees were blown down in Bayfield. The local Catholic church lost a portion of its roof, resulting in damage estimated at $300,000. There was an unverified report of a private weather system clocking the wind at 99 mph before it became inoperable. At the Apostle Island Marina numerous boats lost their canvas coverings. Many boats lost their stanchions after being tipped under the docks by the strong winds. Damage estimates at the marina ranged from $25,000 to $30,000. Trees were reported down all across northern Douglas County.
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Bayfield	$400,000	Major wind damage to docks and a few boats occurred at two marinas. Many docks were destroyed. One 40 foot boat was destroyed. There was also three-quarter inch hail and some downed trees.
October 2005	Flash Flood	Bayfield	$345,000	no account filed
June 2024	Flash Flood	Bayfield	$100,000	Areas of flooding and washed out roads were reported in the City of Bayfield.
April 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Bayfield	-	Numerous reports were received of several tall pine trees uprooted in Washburn including several that blocked Highway 13.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Bayfield	-	A power pole was knocked down and on fire.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Bayfield	-	The severe thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines.
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Bayfield	-	The concession tent at the Big Top Chautauqua outdoor performance area was blown down. The main tent received hail and water damage. Shows at the tent were cancelled for three days. Hail size is unknown.
July 2003	Hail	Bayfield	-	The hail fell for two minutes.
August 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Bayfield	-	Numerous trees were blown down on County Highway J.
August 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Bayfield	-	Numerous trees were blown down at Little Sand Bay.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Bayfield	-	Several trees were blown down on highway 13 between Bayfield and Cornucopia.
July 2000	Hail	Bayfield	-	no account filed
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Bayfield	-	no account filed
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Bayfield	-	no account filed
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Bayfield	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bayfield County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

4 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Property	Distance	Listed
Sevona Cabin	under 500 feet	1976
Shaw Farm	0.1 miles	1976
West Bay Club	2.0 miles	2014
Hokenson Fishing Dock	2.4 miles	1976

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 100005371 in Record Group 79.
Bayfield County	All 21 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.