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Porte des Morts
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Porte des Morts, also known as Porte des Mortes, the Door of Death, and Death's Door, is a strait linking Lake Michigan and Green Bay between the northern tip of the Door Peninsula and the southernmos
If the Porte des Morts battle happened it could have occurred here at Door Bluff (also called Deathdoor Bluff). This is typical of a number of places
If the Porte des Morts battle happened it could have occurred here at Door Bluff (also called Deathdoor Bluff). This is typical of a number of places on the northern coast of the Door Peninsula. The escarpment seen here is between 15 and 20 feet high. Above that is a gentle slope up for about 50 feet and another similar escarpment above that. The broad flat rocks at the base of the cliff are high enough to be out of most of the surf in stormy seas, yet low enough to be awash in a rogue wave. At the time this photo was taken, the lake was about 1.8 feet below its long term average level. The wind was from the south at about 15 mph, gusting to about 25 mph. In the "Detail of NOAA Chart #14909" (above), Deathdoor Bluff is the point at the far left of the chart.
"A small ledge just above the water at Door Bluff County Park, measuring about 6 feet by 18 feet."
"A small ledge just above the water at Door Bluff County Park, measuring about 6 feet by 18 feet."
A couple observing a wreck in the Porte des Morts; from a postcard prior to 1915
A couple observing a wreck in the Porte des Morts; from a postcard prior to 1915
Porte des Morts Passage from beach at Northport, showing ferry harbor breakwater and Plum Island at left, Detroit Island center, and Pilot Island at r
Porte des Morts Passage from beach at Northport, showing ferry harbor breakwater and Plum Island at left, Detroit Island center, and Pilot Island at right. An abandoned lighthouse is the only structure on Pilot Island.
Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal
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The Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal is a ship canal connecting Sturgeon Bay with Lake Michigan across the Door Peninsula in Door County, Wisconsin. A dredged channel continues through Sturgeon Bay to Green Ba
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…between five and ten miles an hour in good sailing weather, that meant three to six additional hours. So captains used Death's Door often until the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal was completed in 1878. By using the canal sailors could not only avoid Death's Door, but especially could shorten their voyage by over a hundred miles…
A 1997 NOAA chart with the canal highlighted in yellow and the dredged channel in red
A 1997 NOAA chart with the canal highlighted in yellow and the dredged channel in red
Sturgeon Bay Canal from a postcard postmarked in 1899
Sturgeon Bay Canal from a postcard postmarked in 1899
From a postcard postmarked in 1909
From a postcard postmarked in 1909
A towing scene through Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal
A towing scene through Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal