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The site is open seasonally from May to October. Prior to 2018, it was named as the other Door County Maritime Museum and is still referenced today. Cana Island Lighthouse. The Cana Island Lighthouse (aka Cana Island Light) was constructed in 1869 and opened as a museum site in 1971. It is located near Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin. Access to the ...
Coordinates: 45°11′24″N 87°7′12″W. Goat grazing on roof. Al Johnson's Swedish Restaurant is a family-owned restaurant in Sister Bay, Wisconsin, known for its Swedish cuisine as well as for the goats that graze on the rooftop in the summer. The gimmick is unique to this restaurant, which is the only American establishment allowed to ...
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 153rd annual fair runs from Aug. 14-18. Also on the midway is one of the fair's more popular traditional events: pig and duck races. These take place three times between 3:30 and 7 p.m ...
June 13, 2024 at 7:02 AM. DOOR COUNTY — History buffs have a week's worth of explorations, tours and talks to take in from one end of the Peninsula to the other when the third annual Door County ...
SISTER BAY - Village officials will hold a public input session from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 9 for people who are employed and are interested in owning a home in Sister Bay to learn what ...
The climate of Door County, Wisconsin is tempered by Green Bay and Lake Michigan. There are fewer extremely cold days and fewer hot days than in areas of Wisconsin directly to the west. Lake waters delay the coming of spring as well as extend mild temperatures in the fall. [ 1] Annual precipitation is slightly lower than elsewhere in northern ...
FOR MORE DOOR COUNTY NEWS: Check out our website This article originally appeared on Green Bay Press-Gazette: Group behind preserving the Sturgeon Bay granary names new director Show comments