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4 unusual facts about Gills Rock


Gills Rock, Wisconsin

Around the Shores of Lake Michigan A Guide to Historic Sites (1985, University of Wisconsin Press)

The area is also popular with scuba divers who explore the many shipwrecks in and around Death's Door, the narrow straight connecting Lake Michigan to Green Bay, also known as Porte des Morts.

Wisconsin Highway 42

Just outside of town, WIS 42 turns due east on School Road to its intersection with Europe Bay Road, where it turns north towards Gills Rock.

The Gills Rock ferry is a passenger-only ferry, where the one at Northport is an auto, freight and passenger ferry.



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Wisconsin Highway 42

At Gills Rock, WIS 42 turns due east and then turns slightly to the southeast before heading due east again to its eastern terminus at the Washington Island Ferry dock at Port Des Morts Drive in unincorporated town of Northport.