One of the highest points in
Door County. Amazing views at
Potawatomi State Park.
WWI-era steel. Veterans Memorial.
Huge counterweights. Be fi rst in line
when the cross-arms drop.
Sunsets make perfect selfi e backgrounds,
especially when you're at the beach!
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MICHIGAN STREET BRIDGE
when the cross-arms drop.
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www.SturgeonBay.net
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The first Euro-American se lement was established in 1850
and developed along the waterfront into three sawmills,
several stores and a tavern, with a popula on of 222 people
by 1862. Sturgeon Bay became a stone quarrying center,
with five quarries shipping limestone to Lake Michigan
ports for harbor improvements.
A canal linking Sturgeon Bay to Lake Michigan was completed
in the 1880's a er 20 years of construc on. The canal
provided a shortcut, elimina ng the need for ships to travel
through the dangerous Ports Des Morts (Death's Door) Strait
between the northern end of the peninsula and Washington
Island. The new passage a racted thousands of ships. With
burgeoning mari me traffic, Sturgeon Bay became a nucleus
for shipbuilding on the Western Great Lakes, and con nues
the tradi on today, building or servicing interna onal
commercial, military and luxury vessels.
For more informa on on Sturgeon Bay history,
please visit DoorCountyHistoricalMuseum.com,
DoorCountyHistoricalSociety.com and DCMM.org.
