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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 ...
Cana Island is an island in Lake Michigan in the town of Baileys Harbor in Door County, Wisconsin, United States. [2] The Cana Island Light is on the east side of the island. It is possible to walk to Cana Island from the mainland over the tombolo when water levels are low. [3]
Gills Rock is an unincorporated community located on Highway 42 at the northern tip of the Door Peninsula in Door County, Wisconsin, United States. [1] It is within the town of Liberty Grove and was formerly known as Hedgehog Harbor.
1.1 miles (1.8 km) southeast of the entrance of North Bay, Door County in Lake Michigan Coordinates missing: Liberty Grove vicinity: Wooden scow schooner built by Jerry Dupree in Detroit in 1856. Mostly carried lumber from northern Michigan to Wisconsin and Illinois. Driven ashore by a gale in September 1869, while heading for Chicago with a ...
Atlases · Door County (Wis.) · Directories · Landowners · United States · Maps · Wisconsin · Real Property · Door County Licensing This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art.
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 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.
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