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A railroad, Sturgeon Bay Railway, was built from the shore of Lake Michigan east about 14 miles (23 km) to within 2 miles (3 km) of Levering. [2] The railroad was standard gauge and was known to operate at least two Shay locomotives : SN 1984, built by the Lima Locomotive Works in 1907, the same year the railroad was built, and SN 155, built by ...
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]
The Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal is a ship canal connecting Sturgeon Bay with Lake Michigan across the Door Peninsula in Door County, Wisconsin. [1] [2] A dredged channel continues through Sturgeon Bay to Green Bay. This combined waterway allows ships to sail between Lake Michigan and Green Bay without traversing the dangerous Porte des Morts strait.
The Sturgeon Point Light Station is a lighthouse on Lake Huron in Haynes Township, Alcona County, northeastern lower Michigan. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Established to ward mariners off a reef that extends 1.5 miles (2.4 km) lakeward from Sturgeon Point, [ 1 ] it is today regarded as a historic example of a Cape Cod style Great Lakes lighthouse.
Major ports on the Great Lakes Waterway include Duluth-Superior, Chicago, Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland, Two Harbors, Hamilton and Thunder Bay. [4] Shipping channels separate upbound traffic from downbound traffic. The upbound direction is away from the St. Lawrence River (westerly or northerly except in Lake Michigan where upbound is southerly).
The guided tours of Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding were a major fundraiser, but the new event will continue to focus on the city's maritime heritage. The Sturgeon Bay Rotary Club's Shipyard Tours ...
Michigan's sturgeon fishing season on Black Lake sometimes only last minutes. This year, it starts Feb. 3.
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources, along with the Black Lake Chapter of Sturgeon for Tomorrow and various tribes, are looking for volunteers to guard mature lake sturgeon as they swim ...