Horseshoe Island is an island in
Green Bay in
Door County, Wisconsin
Door County is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 30,066. Its county seat is Sturgeon Bay. It is named after the strait between the Door Peninsula and Washington Island. The dangero ...
. The island is located offshore from
Peninsula State Park
Peninsula State Park is a Wisconsin state park with eight miles (13 km) of Green Bay shoreline in Door County. Peninsula is the third largest state park in Wisconsin and is visited by an estimated one million visitors annually.
History
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and is part of the state park. The French explorer
Jean Nicolet
Jean Nicolet (Nicollet), Sieur de Belleborne (October 1642) was a French '' coureur des bois'' noted for exploring Lake Michigan, Mackinac Island, Green Bay, and being the first European to set foot in what is now the U.S. state of Wisconsin.
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reportedly landed on the island.
The island is part of the Town of
Gibraltar
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, and lies offshore from the village of
Ephraim, Wisconsin
Ephraim is a village in Door County, Wisconsin, United States. It is located across Eagle Harbor from Peninsula State Park. The population was 288 at the 2010 census. The village is known for its white buildings, its views of the bluffs across E ...
.
Climate
Gallery
References
External links
Horseshoe Island Web-Map of Door County, Wisconsin
Islands of Door County, Wisconsin
Lake islands of Wisconsin
Islands of Lake Michigan in Wisconsin
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