Porte des Morts
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 southernmost of the Potawatomi Islands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Channel
- Description: ship passage between the Door Peninsula and Waverly Shoal to the south and Plum and Pilot islands to the north used for transportation between Green Bay and Lake Michigan
- Also known as: “Death’s Door”, “Deaths Door”, “Port des Mortes”, “Port des Morts”, “Porte des Mortes”, “Porte Des Mortes Passage”, and “Porte des Morts Passage”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Plum Island and Pilot Island.
Plum Island
Island
Plum Island is an island in Lake Michigan in the southern part of the town of Washington in Door County, off the tip of the Door Peninsula in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.
Pilot Island
Islet
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Pilot Island is an island in Lake Michigan in the Town of Washington, in Door County, Wisconsin; it is part of Green Bay National Wildlife Refuge. An abandoned lighthouse, the Pilot Island Light, rests on the island, and three shipwrecks rest in the Pilot Island NW Site. Pilot Island is situated 2 miles east of Porte des Morts.
Pilot Island Light
Lighthouse
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The Pilot Island Light is a lighthouse located near Gills Rock, on Pilot Island at the east end of Death's Door passage, in Door County, Wisconsin. The building's design is similar to Pottawatomie Light on Rock Island, but is made of brick instead of stone. Pilot Island Light is situated 2 miles east of Porte des Morts.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Northport and Gills Rock.
Northport
Hamlet
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Northport is an unincorporated community in the town of Liberty Grove in Door County, Wisconsin, United States. It is the northern terminus of WIS 42 and location of the peninsula-side ferry dock of the Washington Island Ferry.
Gills Rock
Hamlet
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Gills Rock is an unincorporated community located on Highway 42 at the northern tip of the Door Peninsula in Door County, Wisconsin, United States. It is within the town of Liberty Grove and was formerly known as Hedgehog Harbor. Gills Rock is situated 3 miles west of Porte des Morts.
Detroit Harbor
Village
Detroit Harbor is an unincorporated community located in the Town of Washington Island on Washington Island in Door County, Wisconsin, United States. The Washington Island Ferry runs scheduled passenger service to Northport from Detroit Harbor. Detroit Harbor is situated 4½ miles north of Porte des Morts.
Porte des Morts
- Categories: geographical feature and body of water
- Location: Door County, Northeast Wisconsin, Wisconsin, Midwest, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Italian—“Porte des Morts” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Porte des Morts”
- French: “Porte des Morts”
- Hebrew: “פורטס דס מורטס”
- Italian: “Porte des Morts”
- “Porte des Morts”
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