National Register Listing

Bass Island Brownstone Company Quarry (Boundary Increase)

a.k.a. Basswood Island Quarry; 047 AS-0129; ASI 9158

Bass Island, LaPointe, WI
Local significance of the site:
Archeology; Historic - Non-aboriginal

Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 2016.

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