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FIPS code. 55-77875. Website. www.sturgeonbaywi.org. Sturgeon Bay is a city in and the county seat of Door County, Wisconsin, United States. [ 3] The population was 9,646 at the 2020 census. Located at the bay of Sturgeon Bay for which it is named, it is the most-populous city on the Door Peninsula, a popular Upper Midwest vacation destination.
The Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal is a ship canal connecting Sturgeon Bay with Lake Michigan across the Door Peninsula in Door County, Wisconsin. [ 1][ 2] A dredged channel continues through Sturgeon Bay to Green Bay. This combined waterway allows ships to sail between Lake Michigan and Green Bay without traversing the dangerous Porte des Morts strait.
Sturgeon Bay is an arm of Green Bay extending southeastward approximately 10 miles into the Door Peninsula at the city of Sturgeon Bay, located approximately halfway up the Door Peninsula. [1] The bay is connected to Lake Michigan by the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal. The Potawatomi name for Sturgeon Bay is "Na-ma-we-qui-tong".
August 2, 2024 at 8:02 AM. STURGEON BAY - History was made in the maritime industry July 31 when Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay delivered the largest LNG (liquefied natural gas ...
The ecosystem of the bay of Green Bay is the world's largest freshwater estuary, according to a news release from UW-Green Bay. The proposed Sturgeon Bay area for the Green Bay NERR includes ...
July 19, 1984. 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. [3]
A larger-than-usual leprechaun rides a float down North Third Avenue in downtown Sturgeon Bay as part of the city's 2023 St. Patrick's Day Parade. The 2024 parade takes place March 16.
Built. 1886. In use. 1902 to Present. Coast Guard Station Sturgeon Bay is a United States Coast Guard station located on Lake Michigan and the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal in the Town of Sturgeon Bay in Door County, Wisconsin, just outside the city of Sturgeon Bay. [1] The Sturgeon Bay Canal Light is located within the limits of the station.