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Washington Island. Washington Island is an island of the state of Wisconsin situated in Lake Michigan. Lying about 7 miles (11 km) northeast of the tip of the Door Peninsula, it is part of Door County, Wisconsin. [1] The island has a year-round population of 708 people according to the 2010 census.
The 2010 US Census lists 708 residents. [4]In the older 2000 census, [2] there were 660 people, 293 households and 198 families residing in the town. The population density was 25.9 people per square mile (10.0/km 2).
Washington Island is Wisconsin's largest in Lake Michigan and also has a year-round population of 708 as of the 2010 census. The island has a ferry service and operates Washington Island Airport for air travel. [4] Rock Island is a state park that can only be accessed by ferry from Washington Island.
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 ...
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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.
Areas where fishing was most active were termed fishing grounds, and were termed the Sack Bay, Summer Island, St. Martin Island, and Washington Island grounds. During the peak of the industry in the 1840s and 1850s, approximately 20 fishing families lived year-round on Summer Island and several more on Rock Island.
Washington Island Art & Nature Center: Washington Island: Door: Lake Michigan: Art gallery, exhibits on island natural and cultural history [36] Wehr Nature Center: Franklin: Milwaukee: Lake Michigan: Operated by the county, located within 200 acre Whitnall Park [37] Welty Environmental Center: Beloit: Rock: Southern Savanna: Located in Beckman ...