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Peninsula State Park is a 3,776-acre (1,528 ha) Wisconsin state park with eight miles (13 km) of Green Bay shoreline in Door County. Peninsula is the third largest state park in Wisconsin and is visited by an estimated one million visitors annually.
Door County's name came from Porte des Morts ("Death's Door"), the passage between the tip of Door Peninsula and Washington Island. [5] The name "Death's Door" came from Native American tales, heard by early French explorers and published in greatly embellished form by Hjalmar Holand, which described a failed raid by the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) tribe to capture Washington Island from the rival ...
The Eagle Bluff Light, also known as Eagle Bluff lighthouse, or simply Eagle Bluff, is a lighthouse located near Ephraim in Peninsula State Park in Door County, Wisconsin, United States. Construction was authorized in 1866, but the lighthouse was not actually built until 1868 at a cost of $12,000. It was automated in 1926.
The natural evening charms of the Peninsula are among the reasons Door County was ranked as the best spot for nightlife in Wisconsin, and 25th nationally, in a recent national survey.
The Door Peninsula is a peninsula in eastern Wisconsin, separating the southern part of the Green Bay from Lake Michigan. The peninsula includes northern Kewaunee County, northeastern Brown County, and the mainland portion of Door County. It is on the western side of the Niagara Escarpment. Well known for its cherry and apple orchards, the Door ...
First church on the Door Peninsula, begun in 1857 by Moravian evangelist Andreas Iverson. It originally sat near the shore, but was moved up the hill in 1883. [33] 23: Ephraim Village Hall: Ephraim Village Hall: March 27, 1985 : 9996 S. Water St.
Horseshoe Island is an island in Green Bay in Door County, Wisconsin. The island is located offshore from Peninsula State Park and is part of the state park. [1] [2] The French explorer Jean Nicolet reportedly landed on the island. [3] The island is part of the Town of Gibraltar, and lies offshore from the village of Ephraim, Wisconsin.
Detail of NOAA Chart #14909 Closer detail of NOAA Chart. Porte des Morts, also known as Porte des Mortes, the Door of Death, and Death's Door is a strait linking Lake Michigan and Green Bay between the northern tip of the Door Peninsula and the southernmost of the Potawatomi Islands.