Door Peninsula

Geographical location

The Door Peninsula (English Door Peninsula ) is a peninsula in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Wisconsin, which the Green Bay separates from the actual Lake Michigan.

The peninsula begins in northern Brown and Kewaunee County and continues to the northeast, comprising almost the entire Door County.

The Door Peninsula is part of the western part of the Niagara Escarpment.

On the peninsula of cherries and apples are grown. It is also a popular tourist destination. 1882 Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal was completed. This divides the peninsula into a northern and a southern part. The former is thus practically an island.

Limestone outcrops of the Niagara Escarpment occur on both coasts of the peninsula to light, which are larger on the Green Bay side and become more prominent in the Bayshore Bluff Country. Beyond the northern tip of the Door Peninsula continues a chain of islands, the largest island of Iceland is Washington. The extending partially below the waterline terrain edge continues in a northerly direction where it then forms the located in the upper part of Michigan Garden Peninsula.

The name of the peninsula and on nearby counties is derived from the name of the shipping route which connects between the Door Peninsula and Washington Iceland Green Bay with Lake Michigan. This narrow passage is considered to be dangerous and was formerly for a number of wrecked ships. The French translation of the original name was Porte des Morts. In English, this is called " Death's Door " (literally translated as " dead door ").

246563
de