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Sand Island can be quite a trip for the weekend sailor whose boat is based in Bayfield. For that reason far fewer boats visit the island than would be the case if it were closer. |  |
Sand Island |
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Sand Island can be quite a trip for the weekend sailor whose boat is based in Bayfield. For that reason far fewer boats visit the island than would be the case if it were closer. | |
| But Sand Island is a super
destination for a lot of reasons, one of them being the
Sand Island Lighthouse. Bob Mackreth, Webmaster of the National Park Service site, has also been a Ranger on Sand Island, and has posted portions of the Sand Island Keepers Log. Follow the link, and be prepared to spend some time there. |
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From Sand Island it is easy
to see large ships in the channels little more than six miles to the north. Duluth is just
55 miles to the west. South of the island, about a mile and a half, is the mainland and Little Sand Bay where the Park Service has a dock and historical center. |
| The Hokenson Fisheries
dock is here, offering insight to the days when commercial fishing thrived. There is also
a very nice campground and a launch ramp. A little further to the west on the mainland are the Squaw Bay sea caves. During the massive storm of Sept. 28, 1905, lighthouse keeper Emanuel Lueck, watched as the ship "Sevona" sought to find safety in the islands from storm waves that reached 35' in height. "Sevona" failed to reach safety and broke up on what are now called the Sand Island Shoals. There are days when no boat is safe on Lake Superior. A trip to Bayfield tells the story of one of those days. This is as far west in the Apostles that we will be sailing on this trip. |
