Bring your group to experience all that Northern Wisconsin offers with one of these themed itineraries: ■ Heritage Heroes ■ Wander Our Woods, Ride Our Waters ■ The Unbe-leaf-able Tour These tours range from 3 days/2 nights to 4 days/4 nights and visit a variety of the natural Your satisfaction wonders of Northern Wisconsin. is essential to us Come Play Under the and we pay close Northern Lights!! attention to the details that are so important to your clients’ comfort and enjoyment.

Please Contact: Mary Ross Marketing & Group Tour Coordinator Madeline Island Ferry Line P.O. Box 66, LaPointe, WI 54850

715-747-2051 [email protected] www.madferry.com We plan our tours with activities that appeal to all... Come experience the natural wonder and enjoy the warm welcome of the Island community. ■ M.A.E. TOURS. The Island is a beautiful and and others are surrounded by tiny weathered HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR ISLANDS? Our packaged tour options include: fascinating place, but only really appreciated picket fences. Graves dating back to 1700s, If you say pristine and stunning, it’s time to through the eyes of a local guide. M.A.E. Tours including gravesites of noted Ojibwa Chief Madeline Island Experience (5-1/2 to 6 hours) includes: meets your coach at the ferry landing and Buffalo and fur trader Michel Cadotte are head to LaPointe, Wisconsin, on Madeline ■ Round trip ferry service for passengers captivates your clients by presenting the Island’s located here. Island, where our sandy shores and magnificent ■ M.A.E. Tours, Step-On Guide past and present as your coach travels from site ■ Village of LaPointe Tour lake air beckons. Located on Lake Superior, to site. You are truly in the hands of an island ■ WOODS HALL CRAFT SHOP. A cooperative ■ Madeline Island Historical Museum Tour one of northern Wisconsin’s Apostle Islands, tour expert. See why tour customers continue of weavers and other artists, it’s famous for ■ Lunch or dinner at one of the Island’s restaurants to declare that their time with Michele was hand-woven rugs. Over 50 island artisans display ■ Visit historic Catholic Mission cemetery Madeline is just a 20-minute ferry ride from ■ what made their trip! items for sale, including cards, pottery, jewelry, Stop at Woods Hall Craft Shop ■ Shopping “on own” time the port of Bayfield. The journey across various crafts made from Lake Superior rocks, ■ 1/2 mile hike along Lake Superior shoreline Superior provides spectacular views of the ■ MADELINE ISLAND HISTORICAL MUSEUM. and more. A 25 minute multi-media musical extravaganza Village of LaPointe Tour Lake itself and several of the 22 Apostle (3 hours) includes: illustrating Madeline’s colorful history and a ■ MUSEUM SHOP. While at the museum, don’t ■ Round trip ferry service for passengers Islands. guided tour of the museum carry the visitor forget to look in here. It contains an extensive ■ M.A.E. Tours, Step-On Guide through 3 centuries of Wisconsin’s history. collection of books on Great Lakes history, ■ Big Bay Beach – 1/2 mile hike along Lake Once on the Island, an experienced step-on Beginning with the first recorded visits by French Ojibwa birchbark baskets and jewelry. Toys and Superior shoreline voyageurs and early fur traders to the advent of games as well as other mementos add to the ■ Visit historic Catholic Mission cemetery guide takes your group on a narrated tour, summer cottagers who made the island their variety of gifts available. ■ Stop at Woods Hall Craft Shop summer home, the Museum tells the whole story. showcasing the natural beauty as well as While visiting the Apostle Islands and Lake Superior Beautiful examples of Chippewa beadwork and ■ OTHER SHOPS. • Motion To Go • LaPointe hometown cultural events, which celebrate area, why not incorporate a tour of the mainland other unique artifacts of a bygone era help the Provisions • LaPointe Center Art Guild & Gallery the Island’s rich history. You’ll find a grand into your plans. M.A.E. Tours will step-on your visitor discover and appreciate the lifestyles of • Waterfront Gallery • Island Thyme • Island coach on the other side too! The Ferry Line will display of wildflowers in May and June. July the first Island residents. Carvers • Rendezvous Gift Shop • Cadotte’s Gifts gladly design a tour to meet your group’s needs. http://madeline.wisconsinhistory.org • Sugar Shack. and August feature the fruits in season and Tour of Bayfield events such as concerts and local fish boils. ■ Discover this charming port-town’s history as you BIG BAY TOWN PARK. Enjoy the great All of these are located in the downtown area, weave up and down its hills and streets. September and October offer panoramic fall outdoors on the most expansive, unspoiled, and make it easy to enjoy a bit of shopping time You will visit: (and empty) beach in the region. Almost 2 miles before getting back on the ferry boat. Each one ■ colors. At anytime of the year, you’ll enjoy Erickson’s Orchard and Country Store of sand falling from a stand of white pine and has unique souvenirs available, no matter what ■ Superior View Farm and Winery the ever-changing vista of Lake Superior’s beach grasses. Walk over the bridge spanning type of Wisconsin Northwoods keepsake you’re ■ Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Headquarters ■ Lovely examples of Queen Anne style architecture. islands, water, and sky. the inland lagoon. Be sure to leave the panty looking for. hose at the hotel so everyone is able to put Tour of Cornucopia their feet in Lake Superior. Skip a rock, pick up Continue along the Bayfield Peninsula and Lake a souvenir. ■ ISLAND DINING. Capture the ambiance and Superior shoreline to Cornucopia – a quaint fishing splendor of Lake Superior while enjoying a village on a picturesque bay. ■ You will visit: CATHOLIC MISSION CEMETERY. One of the wonderful lunch or dinner. Whether right on ■ Shops right on the shore many interesting landmarks, started by Father the water or close by, our restaurants all serve ■ Hokenson Brothers Fishery Baraga, where some of the graves are covered delicious entrées, provide comfortable seating, ■ Wisconsin’s northernmost post office and protected by roofed shelters, spirit houses and offer unique sights of the Island. ■ Cornucopia Museum.