Built in 1896. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
“The La Pointe Light is a lighthouse located on Long Island, one of the Apostle Islands, in Lake Superior in Ashland County, Wisconsin, near the city of Bayfield.”
Wikipedia article La Pointe Light, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 32 National Register listings published here for Ashland County · listed in 1983 · category: Building · built in 1896.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of La Pointe Light Station between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 were 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 | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | WINSTON PROPERTY |
| 5 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.1 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BAYVIEW PARK RD |
| 7 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of La Pointe Light Station: 1 past producer. 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F. L. Wolfe Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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.
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.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | La Pointe Indian Cemetery | 0.6 miles | 1977 |
 | Coole Park Manor | 1.0 miles | 2005 |
 | Bass Island Brownstone Company Quarry (Boundary Increase) | 4.0 miles | 2016 |
 | Bass Island Brownstone Company Quarry | 4.0 miles | 1978 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 83003366 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Ashland County | All 32 listed properties in this county. |
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