Ashland, WIS., the county-seat of Ashland co., 80 mi. e. of Duluth, on the Chequamegon Bay of Lake Superior, and on the Chicago & Northwestern, the Northern Pacific, the Wisconsin Central and other railroads. The city has one of the best harbors on the lake and ships large quantities of ore and considerable lumber and brown stone. The industrial establishments include lumber mills, charcoal blast furnaces, a steel plant, foundries, railroad and machine shops. Among the important institutions and public buildings are the North Wisconsin Academy, Sisters' and Rhinehart hospitals, the Vaughn Public Library and the Knight Hotel. The beautiful Apostle Islands in the bay are of historic interest. They were occupied by the French missionaries as early as 1680. The place was settled in 1854, incorporated in 1863 and has grown rapidly since the development of the iron industry about 1876. Population in 1910, 11,594.