Apostle Islands Cruises offers a 2.5-hour sightseeing cruise around the islands at 10 a.m. daily in the summer, plus sunset cruises and other specialized tours.

The park is served by Apostle Islands Cruises, which departs from Bayfield. People captaining their own vessels can find public docks on 13 of the islands.

GOFor chartered cruises: Apostle Islands Cruises, 2 N. Front St., City Dock, Bayfield; 800-323-7619, apostleisland.com; cruises range from $24–$40.

Apostle Islands Cruises’ 2.5-hour Grand Tour departs from the docks near the cruise line’s office, 2 Front St., Bayfield, at 10 a.m. daily May 16 through Oct. 18, with additional tours at 4:30 ...

Archipelago is a 65-foot two-deck vessel with Apostle Islands Cruises in Bayfield, Wisc. It was first used by the company in 2018 and has a capacity of 150 passengers.

Apostle Islands Lighthouse Celebration: Special cruises from Aug. 28-Sept. 15 will stop at Raspberry, Michigan, Sand, Devils and Outer islands, each with a lighthouse (lighthouse­celebration.com).

Fishing will be permitted in WI-2 through 11:59 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20. That zone stretches from Bark Point to the Michigan border and includes the Apostle Islands.

Online comments can be submitted to parkplanning.nps.gov/lsbvc, or mailed to: Chief, Planning and Resource Management, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, 415 Washington Ave., Bayfield, WI 54814.

Apostle Islands National Lakeshore is an archipelago of 21 remote islands clustered at the northern tip of the Bayfield peninsula in Wisconsin, about an eight-hour drive from Chicago.