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Returning to commercial fishing, Door County Maritime Museum curator Kay Drager visits its Death's Door Museum in Gills Rock at 10 a.m. to talk about “A Well-Made Net,” a new exhibit on the ...
The main Door County Maritime Museum site was opened in 1997. [2] It contains the museum's offices, as well as its main exhibits. The site also hosts the tugboat John Purves , which was built in 1919, served the U.S. Army in World War II , and later sailed on the Great Lakes . [ 3 ]
Location: Near Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin: Coordinates: 1]: Tower; Constructed: 1869: Foundation: dressed stone: Construction: Cream City brick enclosed by a steel shell in 1902: Automated: 1945: Height: 89 feet (27 m): Shape: cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern: Operator: Door County Maritime Museum: Heritage: National Register of Historic Places listed place : Light; First lit: 1870 [2 ...
For lighthouse fans as well as fans of nautical history, the Door County Maritime Museum sponsors a chance to check out the Peninsula's 11 lighthouses, plus three nearby ones outside the county ...
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.
Visitors to the Sturgeon Bay museum can meet staff, tour the facility, learn more about plans and future exhibits and share thoughts about its future.
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The second of two annual lighthouse festivals sponsored by the Door County Maritime Museum, along with the original one held each June, annually draws more than 5,000 lighthouse buffs from around ...