Sturgeon Bay in Door County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Portage Park

Photographed by Robert L Weber, November 23, 2008

1. Portage Park Marker

Inscription. Here began
the Indian canoe portage
between Lake MIchigan
and
Sturgeon Bay

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Waterways & Vessels.

Location. 44° 48.043′ N, 87° 18.559′ W. Marker is in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, in Door County. It is on Lake Forest Park Road (County Route TT). Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Sturgeon Bay WI 54235, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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

It is also in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Great Lakes,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in 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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship Canal (approx. half a mile away); Wisconsin State Rock (approx. half a mile away);

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Buoy and Sinker (approx. 4 miles away); Sturgeon Bay's Waterfront History (approx. 4 miles away); Masonic Temple (approx. 4 miles away); a different marker also named Sturgeon Bay's Waterfront History (approx. 4 miles away); Public Library (approx. 4 miles away); The Fluke Anchor (approx. 4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sturgeon Bay.

Photographed by Robert L Weber, November 23, 2008

2. Portage Park Marker

Portage Park Beach image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Robert L Weber, November 23, 2008

3. Portage Park Beach

Photographed by Robert L Weber, November 23, 2008

4. Portage Park Beach

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on December 18, 2010, by Bob (peach) Weber of Dewey, Arizona. This page has been viewed 1,073 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on December 18, 2010, by Bob (peach) Weber of Dewey, Arizona. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.