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Ashland (City and county-seat)

city and county-seat of Ashland co., Wis.; on Chequamegon Bay, Lake Superior and several railroads; 80 miles E. of Duluth, Minn. It has one of the finest harbors on the lake, and besides its general lake traffic, it is a shipping port for the hematite ore of the great Gogebic Iron Range. To accommodate its iron interests, it has a number of enormous ore docks. Other special interests are lumber and brown stone. It has very large charcoal blast furnaces, used for the manufacture of pig iron.

Near by is the group of Apostles' Islands. The institutions include Northland College, the North Wisconsin Academy, hospitals, etc. Pop. (1910) 11,594; (1920) 11,334.