A Turning Point in Place and Time Historical

A Turning Point in Place and Time Historical (HM1UQK)

Location: Bayfield, WI 54814 Bayfield County
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Country: United States of America
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N 46° 48.506', W 90° 48.868'

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You are standing at the "turning Point" for the Bayfield Waterfront Walk and across the water is a place of significance where "turning points" in history occurred. Madeline Island, or "Mooningwanekaaning Minis," the "place of the gold-breasted wood-pecker," is an ancient native settlement. The Anishinaabe (Ojibwa or Chippewa) lived there well before white explorers started arriving in the 1600s. Madeline became a center for the fur trade for a century and a half. The Treaties of 1842 and 1854 were negotiated at LaPointe on Madeline Island.
"Mooningwanekaaning-minis served as the southern capital of the Anishinaabe nation that stretched among four American states and three Canadian provinces. Ten millennia ago, people walked and canoed the lands surrounding the island, fished the waters and lived in reverence. They had hands, not paws, but they existed as part of a larger community that included relatives with fins, paws, wings, hooves and roots." Winona LaDuke, Mississippi Band Anishinaabeg
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HM NumberHM1UQK
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Placed ByBayfield Heritage Society
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Date Added Thursday, September 29th, 2016 at 9:02am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)15T E 666746 N 5186195
Decimal Degrees46.80843333, -90.81446667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 46° 48.506', W 90° 48.868'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds46° 48' 30.36" N, 90° 48' 52.08" W
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Area Code(s)715
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling North
Closest Postal AddressAt or near E Dock Rd, Bayfield WI 54814, US
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