Gills Rock, Wisconsin
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Gills Rock is an unincorporated community located on Highway 42 at the very northern tip of the Door Peninsula in Door County, Wisconsin, United States. It is within the town of Liberty Grove and was formerly known as Hedgehog Harbor.
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[edit] History
The area was named for Elias Gill, a local 19th century landowner.
Gills Rock has strong history and tradition of commercial fishing which continues to this very day.[1] The Door County Maritime Museum is located there, and the area is also very popular with scuba divers who explore the many shipwrecks in and around Death's Door, the narrow straight connecting Lake Michigan to Green Bay, which is also know as Porte des Morts. The Pilot Island Light is located on Pilot Island near Gills Rock.
It is also the departing site of a passenger-only ferry to Washington Island featuring both ferry rides and narrated train tours upon arriving on Washington Island.
[edit] In popular culture
The town is the birthplace of fiction character Gwen Raiden from the TV series Angel.
[edit] References
- Around the Shores of Lake Michigan A Guide to Historic Sites by Margaret Beattie Bogue
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[edit] External links
- Google Maps - Aerial View
- Door County Chamber of Commerce - General Information
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