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Bayfield runs the ferry to the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore and its 22-island archipelago in Lake Superior . Fish Creek anchors the heart of

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The Chincoteague wild pony swim across the Assateague channel runs every last Wednesday of July, driven by a volunteer "Saltwater Cowboys" crew that has herded the same wild herd between islands since 1925.

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