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    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...
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  • La Pointe County was created on February 19, 1845, by the Territory of Wisconsin from the northern portion of the existing territorial St. Croix County...
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    The Treaty of La Pointe may refer to either of two treaties made and signed in La Pointe, Wisconsin between the United States and the Ojibwe (Chippewa)...
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  • Lapointe (redirect from La Pointe)
    unincorporated community La Pointe, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community La Pointe (town), Wisconsin, a town La Pointe County, Wisconsin Lapointe (electoral...
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    La Pointe Indian Cemetery is the common name of the St. Joseph Mission Cemetery, located on Madeline Island in La Pointe, Wisconsin. It was added to the...
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    Kechewaishke (category People from La Pointe, Wisconsin)
    was a major Ojibwa leader, born at La Pointe in Lake Superior's Apostle Islands, in what is now northern Wisconsin, USA. Recognized as the principal chief...
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  • Major Gilbert Field Airport (category Airports in Wisconsin)
    northeast of the central business district of La Pointe, Wisconsin, a town in Ashland County, Wisconsin, United States. It is named in honor of Major...
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  • La Pointe Courte [la pwɛ̃t kuʁt] is a 1955 French drama film directed by Agnès Varda (in her feature film directorial debut). It has been cited by many...
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    Island). The unincorporated community of La Pointe, Wisconsin, which is the main settlement in the Town of La Pointe, is located on the southwestern tip of...
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  • Ozhaguscodaywayquay (category People from La Pointe, Wisconsin)
    Prairie Woman) into an Ojibwe family in Chequameqon, near present-day La Pointe, Wisconsin and Chequamegon Bay. Alternative spellings of her name include: Oshawguscodaywayqua...
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  • and moralist Lucerne (shipwreck), shipwreck site off the coast of La Pointe, Wisconsin Buick Lucerne, a full-size luxury sedan introduced for the 2006 model...
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    Apostle Islands (category Islands of Ashland County, Wisconsin)
    Lighthouses Apostle Islands National Lakeshore La Pointe, Wisconsin La Pointe (community), Wisconsin Big Bay State Park Islands of the Midwest List of...
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    William Whipple Warren (category People from La Pointe, Wisconsin)
    2009. William Whipple Warren was born in 1825 in La Pointe, Michigan Territory (present-day Wisconsin), on Madeline Island. He was the son of Mary Cadotte...
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    The town was named after Antoine Gordon, who was a fur trader from La Pointe, Wisconsin. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total...
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    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...
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  • Bayport was a town in La Pointe County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. When La Pointe County was established in 1845, it consisted of all of present-day...
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    Course, Middlefield, Connecticut 1969 Madeline Island Golf Club, La Pointe, Wisconsin 1967 Marshes Golf Club, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Masterpiece at Treetops...
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    National Lakeshore. A ferry to Madeline Island links Bayfield with La Pointe, Wisconsin, a community on the island. As of the census of 2020, the population...
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    of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,027. Its county seat is Ashland. The county was formed on March 27, 1860, from La Pointe County...
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  • Michel Cadotte (category People from La Pointe, Wisconsin)
    Wisconsin in Chippewa County, Wisconsin was named for him. One of the grandsons of the Cadottes, William Whipple Warren, was also born in La Pointe....
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    Coole Park Manor (category National Register of Historic Places in Ashland County, Wisconsin)
    Coole Park Manor is a historic summer cottage in La Pointe, Wisconsin. It was built in 1913 and added to the National Register of Historic Places on July...
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    the northern part of the island. The island is part of the Town of La Pointe, Wisconsin. The island has a rich history dating back to its logging days in...
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    the next few years included working with Reverend Sherman Hall in La Pointe, Wisconsin to translate the Christian Acts of the Apostles and the Gospel of...
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  • Half Marathon (Liverpool, England) Madeline Island Half-Marathon (La Pointe, Wisconsin, USA) Maidenhead Half Marathon (Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom)...
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    Ojibwe (category Native American tribes in Wisconsin)
    Chequamegon) on the southern shore of Lake Superior, near the present La Pointe, Wisconsin. The "westerly group" of the "northern branch" migrated along the...
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  • and rivers throughout what would become northern Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. La Pointe on Madeline Island remained the spiritual and commercial center...
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    Madeline Island Marathon (category Foot races in Wisconsin)
    Half Marathon is an annual road running competition held in May at La Pointe, Wisconsin, located on Madeline Island, United States. The course runs point-to-point...
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  • Treaty of St. Peters (category Pre-statehood history of Wisconsin)
    Crow Wing, Minnesota Daniel P. Bushnell, US Sub-Indian Agent at La Pointe, Wisconsin Interpreters: John Baptiste DuBay Peter Quinn Scott Campbell Stephen...
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    Madeline Island Museum (category 1958 establishments in Wisconsin)
    owned and operated by the Wisconsin Historical Society. Opened on June 15, 1958, the museum is in the town of La Pointe, Wisconsin on Madeline Island, one...
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    Big Bay sloop (shipwreck) (category Shipwrecks of the Wisconsin coast)
    sloop in Lake Superior located off the coast of Madeline Island in La Pointe, Wisconsin, United States. The site was added to the National Register of Historic...
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