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The following other wikis use this file: Usage on ar.wikipedia.org مقاطعة دور (ويسكونسن) Usage on bar.wikipedia.org Door County, Wisconsin
The name of the peninsula and the county comes from the name of a route between Green Bay and Lake Michigan. Humans, whether Native Americans, early explorers, or American ship captains, have been well aware of the dangerous water passage that lies between the Door Peninsula and Washington Island, connecting the bay to the rest of Lake Michigan.
Sturgeon Bay: Built in 1881, this is the only remaining residence in Sturgeon Bay that is clad in Frear stone, an early concrete cladding system licensed from Chicago but manufactured locally by Giles Kirtland. The style is Italianate, with window hoods of Frear stone and decorative cross-bracing in the gable ends. [84] [85] 63: Sturgeon Bay Bridge
Sturgeon Bay is a city in and the county seat of Door County, Wisconsin, United States. [3] The population was 9,646 at the 2020 census.Located at the bay of Sturgeon Bay for which it is named, it is the most-populous city on the Door Peninsula, a popular Upper Midwest vacation destination.
Door County is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census , the population was 30,066. [ 2 ] Its county seat is Sturgeon Bay .
Sturgeon Bay is an arm of Green Bay extending southeastward approximately 10 miles into the Door Peninsula at the city of Sturgeon Bay, located approximately halfway up the Door Peninsula. [1] The bay is connected to Lake Michigan by the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal. The Potawatomi name for Sturgeon Bay is "Na-ma-we-qui-tong". [2]
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Of these, about 40 percent have been named. Excluding Lake Michigan and Lake Superior, Lake Winnebago is the largest lake by area, largest by volume and the lake with the longest shoreline. The deepest lake is Wazee Lake, at 350 feet (107 meters). The deepest natural lake is Green Lake, at 237 feet (72 meters).