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Coordinates: 46°41′55″N 90°51′11″W / 46.69861°N 90.85306°W / 46.69861; -90.85306
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For the community in Michigan, see Lake Township, Roscommon County, Michigan.

Houghton Point is a cape in Bayfield County, Wisconsin, in the United States.[1]

History

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Houghton Point was named for Douglass Houghton, an explorer of the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan.[2]

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Houghton Point
  2. ^ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 179.

46°41′55″N 90°51′11″W / 46.69861°N 90.85306°W / 46.69861; -90.85306

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