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jimh posted 12-11-2012 11:56 AM ET (US)
The name Bayfield is well know to all who cruise the Upper Great Lakes. There is a town in Wisconsin near the Apostle Islands with the name. On the eastern shore of Lake Huron in Ontario is another town of Bayfield. We have visited both.
On several of the older Canadian charts, such as the older editions of Chart 2286, there are notations citing the survey data as having been collected by a Lt. Bayfield, as long ago as 1822.

Chart 2286, 1993 Edition
All of these references are to Henry Wolsey Bayfield, a remarkable English sailor and surveyor. I found a good biographical sketch of Bayfield at
http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=5362
This short article give a great deal of background on Bayfield and his early days of surveying the Great Lakes.
dfmcintyre posted 12-11-2012 02:53 PM ET (US)
Interesting. On the north side of Manatoulin Island, just east of Gore Bay, is Barrie Island. The term "island" has been out of date for decades, and there's been a road over to it for longer.
On the south side of Barrie, is Bayfield Sound. At the far end of the Sound, is Lake Wolsey. Paste the following L/L into Googlemap for further.
We spent 18 years on vacation on the point at Evansville.
45° 52.145' N 82° 35.804' W
Regards - Don
Hoosier posted 12-12-2012 08:48 AM ET (US)
Too bad Northernaire Lodge is gone, it would have been a great stop on a North Channel trip. The last two CW sponsored trips didn't make it into Bayfield Sound.
Moose posted 12-20-2012 05:06 PM ET (US)
The January/February 2013 issue of Michigan History Magazine has a article on the Great Lakes surveys of Lt. Bayfield. I read about half of it last night and knew I had seen his name recently elsewhere, finally recalled that it was here.
jimh posted 12-22-2012 10:53 AM ET (US)
Moose--Don't throw out that issue. I would like to see it. I will have to check my local library to see if they subscribe to that periodical. It sounds very interesting.
jimh posted 12-16-2014 11:50 AM ET (US)
With some complicated internet searching of the Michigan Electronic Library, I was able to find the full text of the article about Lt. Bayfield in MICHIGAN HISTORY MAGAZINE on-line. See
http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA314145304&v=2.1& u=lom_accessmich&it=r&p=GRGM&sw=w& asid=8465d5705a60052d6437ddb1bdb229cb


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Author	Topic: Henry Wolsey Bayfield
jimh	posted 12-11-2012 11:56 AM ET (US) The name Bayfield is well know to all who cruise the Upper Great Lakes. There is a town in Wisconsin near the Apostle Islands with the name. On the eastern shore of Lake Huron in Ontario is another town of Bayfield. We have visited both. On several of the older Canadian charts, such as the older editions of Chart 2286, there are notations citing the survey data as having been collected by a Lt. Bayfield, as long ago as 1822. Chart 2286, 1993 Edition All of these references are to Henry Wolsey Bayfield, a remarkable English sailor and surveyor. I found a good biographical sketch of Bayfield at http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=5362 This short article give a great deal of background on Bayfield and his early days of surveying the Great Lakes.
dfmcintyre	posted 12-11-2012 02:53 PM ET (US) Interesting. On the north side of Manatoulin Island, just east of Gore Bay, is Barrie Island. The term "island" has been out of date for decades, and there's been a road over to it for longer. On the south side of Barrie, is Bayfield Sound. At the far end of the Sound, is Lake Wolsey. Paste the following L/L into Googlemap for further. We spent 18 years on vacation on the point at Evansville. 45° 52.145' N 82° 35.804' W Regards - Don
Hoosier	posted 12-12-2012 08:48 AM ET (US) Too bad Northernaire Lodge is gone, it would have been a great stop on a North Channel trip. The last two CW sponsored trips didn't make it into Bayfield Sound.
Moose	posted 12-20-2012 05:06 PM ET (US) The January/February 2013 issue of Michigan History Magazine has a article on the Great Lakes surveys of Lt. Bayfield. I read about half of it last night and knew I had seen his name recently elsewhere, finally recalled that it was here.
jimh	posted 12-22-2012 10:53 AM ET (US) Moose--Don't throw out that issue. I would like to see it. I will have to check my local library to see if they subscribe to that periodical. It sounds very interesting.
jimh	posted 12-16-2014 11:50 AM ET (US) With some complicated internet searching of the Michigan Electronic Library, I was able to find the full text of the article about Lt. Bayfield in MICHIGAN HISTORY MAGAZINE on-line. See http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA314145304&v=2.1& u=lom_accessmich&it=r&p=GRGM&sw=w& asid=8465d5705a60052d6437ddb1bdb229cb