Swimming to Madeline Island has been a storied feat around the Bayfield area for decades. Starting as a community swim for 24 people in 2006, the Point to La Pointe has grown into a thriving race that sells out annually at 500 swimmers.

The Point to La Pointe Open Water Swim is a 2.1 mile competetive swim race on Lake Superior, from Bayfield, WI to La Pointe, WI, on Madeline Island, one of the Apostle Islands, in Lake Superior. Registration opens in mid-September.