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Cana Island Lighthouse is the most photographed lighthouse in Wisconsin.
On the southern promontory of Moonlight Bay you'll find the one lighthouse on the
peninsula that everyone definitely photographs, the
Cana Island Lighthouse
(10am-5pm
May-Oct.,$6,andanother$4toclimbthetower),accessible viaHighwayQtoCanaIsland
Drive to a narrow spit of gravel that may be under water, depending on when you get there.
(Please note that this is a residential area, so really drive slowly—blind curves are every-
where—and never, ever park inappropriately, even if it's easy to do since there is very little
parking.) One of the most crucial lighthouses in the county, it stands far off the coast on a
wind-whipped landform. Built in 1870, it was obviously considered a hardship station dur-
ingstormseason.NorthBayisalsothesiteofMarshall'sPoint,partofthe
North Bay State
Natural Area,
an isolated stretch of wild land completely surrounded by private develop-
ment oft touted as a possible state park for its remarkable microclimate and the fact that
