Paddling near Red Cliff, WI
Red Cliff sits on the Bayfield Peninsula in Bayfield County, Wisconsin, on the southern shore of Lake Superior — home territory of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, whose birch bark canoe tradition runs deep here. The area is best known for Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, where paddlers explore sea caves, historic shipwrecks, and 21 islands on one of the largest and most demanding freshwater lakes in the world.
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