Madeline Island is east of the Bayfield Peninsula in Lake Superior. The largest of the Apostle Islands group, Madeline has a permanent population of about 250 residents. The island was the focus of some of the earliest trading, missionary activity and commercial fishing in the interior of North America. It is possible that Etienne Brule visited the region as early as 1622 in his attempt to find the mythical Northwest Passage to China and the East Indies. Learn More...