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Apostles' Islands (Lake Superior They belong)

or THE ISLANDS, or islands in Lake Superior. They belong to Wisconsin. The principal islands of Bear, Madeline, and Outer. They have the group are Ile au Chene, Stockton, an area of 200 square miles. Brown sandstone is exported, and the islands are covered with a rich growth of timmerly the county-seat of Ashland county, ber. La Pointe, on Madeline island, forber. La Pointe , on Madeline island, for- Wis., was settled by the French in 1680. taining or relating to the apostles.

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