Schedule
The Houghton Deport is located at
81120 Bayview Park Rd, Washburn, WI 54891
About 5 miles North of Washburn, WI on State Hwy 13.
Volunteers will be available to answer questions and operate the model train that will be running the tracks through a model of Bayview and Houghton Village around 1913. Explore the graffiti on the Depot walls put there by folks visiting the depot to mark their passage through the area.
Free and open to the public. Donations accepted.
2025 Dates
June 28
July 12, 19
Aug 2, 16, 30
Time: 10am-Noon
Rock, People, Rails - Adult Learning Programs
Registration Required
Step back in time to learn about Bayview’s History at the Houghton Depot. Three 2-hour, hands-on programs will be offered by the Bayview History Committee at Houghton Depot, the last remaining depot on the Bayfield Peninsula.
Registration Required: Email bayviewhistcom@hotmail.com. $5 entry per program payable the day of. Limited to 15 people per program. Drinks and snacks will be served.
Location: 81120 Bayview Park Rd., Washburn, WI 54891
Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Rock, People, Rails Adult Workshops
June 26, 2025: Rock
July 17, 2025: People
July 17, 2025: People
- Learn about the geological history of Lake Superior and its impact on the development of the Town of Bayview
- Learn about the brownstone rock, why and how it was extracted and where it was used in constructing buildings that are still around today.
July 17, 2025: People
July 17, 2025: People
July 17, 2025: People
- Honoring those who lived in the Bayview area before the railroad arrived.
- Learn why Houghton Village and Depot were built.
- Meet some of the people who left their mark on the walls of Houghton Depot.
- Hear stories about the people who settled in the Town of Bayview in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Aug 21, 2025: Rails
July 17, 2025: People
Aug 21, 2025: Rails
- Learn about the railroad that brought change to the development of the town of Bayview.
- Meet the people who worked for the railroad.
- Find out the ways that depots, conductors and engineers communicated.
