Kewaunee in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Car – Ferry Service

Photographed by Greta Schassler, May 26, 2025

1. Car – Ferry Service Marker

Inscription. Kewaunee, Green Bay & Western Railroad ferry slip No. 1, to your right, is the point where car-ferry service across Lake Michigan began. On Sunday, November 27, 1892, Ann Arbor Railroad car-ferry No. 1 loaded 22 cars of flour which originated at Minneapolis and were destined to England, Scotland and Ireland – the first boatload of box cars to be transported across Lake Michigan – a service later extended to other ports.

Erected 1964 by the Wisconsin Historical Society. (Marker Number 136.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Railroads & Streetcars • Waterways & Vessels. In addition, it is included in the Wisconsin Historical Society series list. A significant historical date for this entry is November 27, 1892.

Location. 44° 27.603′ N, 87° 29.996′ W. Marker is in Kewaunee, Wisconsin, in Kewaunee County. It can be reached from Hathaway Drive, on the right when traveling south. Marker is at the end of Hathaway Drive, in Harbor Point Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Kewaunee WI 54216, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Wisconsin’s Door Peninsula.

It is also in the American Midwest,

on the Great Lakes,

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Early History of Kewaunee (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Great Kewaunee Fire (approx. 0.2 miles away); Civil War and Cuban Veterans Monument

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(approx. 0.3 miles away); Courthouse Square (approx. 0.4 miles away); Barge "Emerald" (approx. 0.4 miles away); Father Marquette (approx. 0.4 miles away); Kewaunee Marsh Arsenic Spill Area (approx. 1.4 miles away); Kewaunee County Lime Kilns (approx. 2½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Kewaunee.

Photographed by Keith L, September 16, 2008

2. Car – Ferry Service Marker

Photographed by Keith L, September 16, 2008

3. Car – Ferry Service Marker

Marker can be seen in the distance.

Lake Michigan from Harbor image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Keith L, September 16, 2008

4. Lake Michigan from Harbor

Photographed by Greta Schassler, May 26, 2025

5. Car – Ferry Service Marker

Harbor view to the right of marker

Credits. This page was last revised on May 27, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 25, 2008, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 2,361 times since then and 66 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on May 26, 2025, by Greta Schassler of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 25, 2008, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. 5. submitted on May 26, 2025, by Greta Schassler of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.