Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal
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 Bay.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Canal
- Description: canal in Wisconsin, United States of America
- Also known as: “Lake Michigan Ship Canal”, “Sturgeon Bay”, “Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship Canal”, and “Sturgeon Bay Canal”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sturgeon Bay Canal Light.
Sturgeon Bay Canal Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Pete Markham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Sturgeon Bay Canal lighthouse is a lighthouse located at the Coast Guard station near Sturgeon Bay in Door County, Wisconsin. Situated on the east side of the south entrance to the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal, it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, as the Sturgeon Bay Canal Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sturgeon Bay and Salona.
Sturgeon Bay
Photo: Throwaway055287, CC BY 4.0.
Sturgeon Bay is the largest city in Wisconsin's Door County. The city is at the bottom of the Sturgeon Bay and contains an abundance of maritime activity and scenic landscape in the immediate area.
Salona
Hamlet
Salona is an unincorporated community located 51⁄2 miles south of the city of Sturgeon Bay in the town of Clay Banks, in southern Door County, Wisconsin, United States. Salona is situated 4 miles southwest of Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal.
Vignes
Hamlet
Vignes is an unincorporated community located in the town of Clay Banks in Door County, Wisconsin, United States. County Highway OO is the main highway to Vignes and connects to County Highway U. Vignes is situated 6 miles southwest of Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal.
Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal
- Categories: ship canal 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 Japanese—“Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal”
- Japanese: “スタージョンベイ運河”
- “Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cave Point - Clay Banks State Natural Area - Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal Unit and Coast Guard Station Sturgeon Bay.
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