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Washington Island. / 45.376991°N 86.896362°W / 45.376991; -86.896362. Washington Island is an island of the state of Wisconsin situated in Lake Michigan. Lying about 7 miles (11 km) northeast of the tip of the Door Peninsula, it is part of Door County, Wisconsin. [ 1] The island has a year-round population of 708 people according to ...
The Merrimac Ferry is a cable ferry that crosses the Wisconsin River between Columbia and Sauk Counties in Wisconsin. Its western point is located near the village of Merrimac on State Highway 113 and United States Bicycle Route 30. The eastern point is located in Okee, Wisconsin . The Merrimac Ferry is both a functional regional crossing and a ...
1584352 [ 1] Website. https://www.washingtonisland-wi.gov. Washington Island is a town in northern Door County, Wisconsin, United States, with a population of 708 at the 2010 census. The unincorporated communities of Detroit Harbor and Washington are located in the town. The town of Washington Island is made up of a group of small islands that ...
Founded. 1912. The Hale Passage and Wollochet Bay Navigation Company was a cooperative formed in 1912 by a group of 120 farmers for the purpose of pooling their resources to save shipping costs by purchasing a steamboat to ship their produce to market. The cooperative also intended to change the steamer's schedule to better fit the farmer's ...
First opened in 1974, it was the first full-time, professionally staffed, and local authority funded Irish local museum. [1] The museum was housed in Monaghan Courthouse in the centre of Monaghan town until a fire in 1981, which gutted the building. After rescuing the collections, the museum was moved for a period to St Macartan's College.
54246. Area code. 920. GNIS feature ID. 1584512. Detroit Harbor is an unincorporated community located in the Town of Washington Island on Washington Island in Door County, Wisconsin. [1] The Washington Island Ferry runs scheduled passenger service to Northport from Detroit Harbor. [2] Detroit Harbor is also home to a United States Post Office ...
95000625. Added to NRHP. May 24, 1995. Location. The Agate Pass Bridge is a structural steel truss cantilever bridge spanning Agate Pass, connecting Bainbridge Island to the Kitsap Peninsula. It was built in 1950, and it replaced a car ferry service which dated from the 1920s. [ 1] The bridge provides a direct route along Washington State Route ...
Washington State Ferries. Washington State Ferries, owned and operated by the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), serves communities on Puget Sound and in the San Juan Islands. It is the largest fleet of passenger and automobile ferries in the United States and the third largest in the world.