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La Pointe near south end of Madeline Island (12 m long, 3 to 6 wide) 300 inhabitants-$60,000 worth of fur shipped from L P in 1845
Fine potatoes grow-timber mostly birch
In 1835 Capt Charles C. Stannard discovered a rock in L. Sup 30 miles S. Easterly from Manatou Island 5 ft out of water, 15 to 20 ft wide 30 ft long- water shoal on the N & W for great distance- on the other side rock nearly perpendicular