Rocky Island Historic District

	Rocky Island Historic District
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
Nearest city	La Pointe, Wisconsin
Coordinates	47°2′45″N 90°39′58″W / 47.04583°N 90.66611°W
Area	13.7 acres (5.5 ha)
Built by	Olaf Edwards; Christian Hadland; Charlie & Fred Benson; Julian Nelson; Mel & Martin Erickson
Architectural style	Utilitarian, Balloon Frame
NRHP reference No.	08000016
Added to NRHP	July 3, 2008

The Rocky Island Historic District is a historic district in the Apostle Islands in Ashland County, Wisconsin. It is composed of the Hadland, Benson, Edwards, Nelson, and Erickson fish camps, which were located on the eastern shore of Rocky Island. The district represents the historical significance of commercial fishing on Lake Superior, which was primarily conducted by Scandinavian immigrants.^[2] The Rocky Island Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 3, 2008.^[1]

Builders of the camps were Olaf Edwards, Christian Hadland, Charlie & Fred Benson, Julian Nelson, Mel & Martin Erickson, and others.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Rocky Island Historic District Named on the National Register of Historic Places" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved July 1, 2012.
^ Christine C. Baker; Robert W. Mackreth; Katy E. Holmer (May 30, 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Rocky Island Historic District / Rocky Island / Rice's Island / Ironwood Island / Sinsibakwado Miniss". National Park Service. Retrieved April 5, 2018. With 22 photos from 2004.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[2] "Rocky Island Historic District Named on the National Register of Historic Places" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved July 1, 2012.

[nrhpdoc-3] Christine C. Baker; Robert W. Mackreth; Katy E. Holmer (May 30, 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Rocky Island Historic District / Rocky Island / Rice's Island / Ironwood Island / Sinsibakwado Miniss". National Park Service. Retrieved April 5, 2018. With 22 photos from 2004.

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v t e Apostle Islands
Islands	Madeline Island Stockton Island Gull Island Eagle Island Outer Island Oak Island Sand Island Basswood Island Bear Island Michigan Island Hermit Island Cat Island Otter Island Manitou Island Rocky Island Long Island Ironwood Island York Island Raspberry Island Devils Island South Twin Island North Twin Island
Lighthouses	Michigan Island Light Raspberry Island Light Outer Island Light Sand Island Light Devils Island Light Gull Island Light La Pointe Light Chequamegon Point Light Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light
Shipwrecks	Antelope Big Bay sloop City of Ashland D.R. Owen Lucerne Manistee Marquette Moonlight Noquebay Ottawa Pretoria R.G. Stewart Sevona Ira H. Owen T.H. Camp
Related historic sites	Hadland Fishing Camp Bass Island Brownstone Company Quarry La Pointe Indian Cemetery Manitou Camp Rocky Island Historic District Madeline Island Historical Museum
Protected designations	Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Big Bay State Park

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