Houghton Point Explained

Houghton Point is a cape in Bayfield County, Wisconsin, in the United States.

History

Houghton Point was named for Douglass Houghton, an explorer of the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan.[1]

References

46.6986°N -90.8531°W

Notes and References

  1. Book: Chicago and North Western Railway Company. A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. 1908. 179.

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