Washington Island (Wisconsin)

Washington Iceland is located about ten kilometers northeast of the northern tip of the Door Peninsula between the Green Bay and Lake Michigan to the actual.

It belongs to Door County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Live on the island throughout the year about 660 people. The area is 60.89 km ² and comprises about 92 percent of the land area of ​​the city of Washington as well as their entire population. The unincorporated community Detroit Harbor is also located on the island.

Washington Iceland is the largest island in an island chain that separates the Green Bay from the main lake of Lake Michigan. An important economic factor of the island constitutes the tourism

The island is separated from the Door Peninsula through the narrow passage Porte des Morts.

To the northeast of the island is rock Iceland Iceland with the Rock State Park.

History

Washington Iceland is the largest island of a whole chain of islands which form a part of the Niagara Escarpment and extends from the Door Peninsula in Wisconsin to the Garden Peninsula in Upper Michigan. Most people, who settled on the island, were Scandinavian immigrants, especially Icelanders. Today, Washington is one of Iceland 's oldest Icelandic communities in the United States and the largest outside of Iceland.

Traffic

Two ferry services run to Washington Iceland. Once a day driving a carriage, car and passenger ferry from Northport Pier at the north end of the Wisconsin Highway 42 on the Door Peninsula to Detroit Harbor. The journey time is 30 minutes. Another passenger ferry connects Gills Rock with Washington Iceland and therefore requires 20 minutes.

The Washington Iceland Airport, a small public airport with two grass runways, located on the island.

Robert Noble- car ferry

Washington Car Ferry

Iceland Clipper passenger ferry