Streching midway across Wisconsin's famous Door County peninsula, Sturgeon Bay has developed into the county's business and industrial center. Divided by the waterway it's named after, this small city provided a home to a working waterfront that housed sawmills and docks for shipping ice, quarried stone, and later cherries. A canal dug from Sturgeo more...
Naturalist Roy Lukes, northeaster Wisconsin nature writer, has chosen 60 of his most well-received stories, written for area newspapers of the course of 32 years, and woven them into his fifth and newest book. more...
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Through Waves and Gales Comes Fishermen’s Tales is a comprehensive oral history of the Lake Michigan commercial fishermen. Accounts and reflections of harrowing stories caught in violent storms, ice shoves, strange occurrences, and humorous stories that will give th
Naturalist Roy Lukes breaths new life into the historic and breathtaking tranquility of TOFT POINT in his delightful portrayal of Northeast Wisconsin's Door County treasure. From the Black-capped Chickadee to the thunderous waves of Lake Michigan, Toft Point: A Legacy of People and Pines, with over 100 historic photographs, brings more...
Door County, Wisconsin, is a place of tremendous scenic beauty and appeal, with 250 miles of shoreline, ten lighthouses, five state parks, and over a dozen county parks and conservation areas. It's unequaled number of wildflowers makes it special enough to deserve its own field guide. more...
History of Commercial Fishing In Northern Lake Michigan & Door County 1850 - 2005
An old Fisherman once has said; "This old lake gives to me my daily bread, Where winds do blow and seas will spray, It's in my blood - It is my way." Trygvie Jensen
"How would you describe a commercial fishery? Many men in the fisher