The Viking Octantis will sail from Thunder Bay, Canada to Milwaukee, stopping along the way in Bayfield with as many as 378 tourists aboard. The ship is scheduled to make its first of seven seasonal stops on May 31. (Contributed Photo)
Roxanne Frizzell is used to seeing lots of tourists’ faces coming into her little gift shop on Rittenhouse Avenue in Bayfield.
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