Unincorporated community in Wisconsin, United States
Gills Rock is an
unincorporated community located on
Highway 42 at the northern tip of the
Door Peninsula in
Door County ,
Wisconsin , United States.
[1] It is within the
town of
Liberty Grove and was formerly known as Hedgehog Harbor.
History
This area is known to the Potawatomi as Wah-ya-qua-kah-me-kong, for "head of the land" or "land's end".
[2] Today the area is named for Elias Gill, a local 19th century landowner.
Gills Rock has a strong history and tradition of commercial fishing, which continues to this day.
[3]
Death's Door Maritime Museum is located there.
[4] The area is also popular with
scuba divers who explore the many shipwrecks in and around Death's Door , the narrow strait connecting
Lake Michigan to
Green Bay , also known as
Porte des Morts . The
Pilot Island Light is located on
Pilot Island near Gills Rock.
Gills Rock is also the departure point of a ferry to
Washington Island .
[5]
In popular culture
The town is the birthplace of fictional character
Gwen Raiden from the TV series
Angel .
Education
Gibraltar Area Schools serves the community. Gibraltar Elementary School and
Gibraltar Secondary School are the two schools.
[6]
Climate
Table Bluff (At the northern tip of the Gills Rock area)
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Images
References
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"Gills Rock Populated Place Profile / Door County, Wisconsin Data" .
^ Romance of Wisconsin Place Names by Robert E. Gard and L. G. Sorden, New York: October House, Inc. 1968, page 47
^
"Door County Pages" . Archived from
the original on February 9, 2007. Retrieved April 25, 2007 .
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"Death's Door Maritime Museum" .
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Washington Island Ferry
^ "
Gibraltar Area Schools , Gibraltar Area School District , (Archived July 14, 2014)
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"NASA EarthData Search" . NASA. Retrieved January 30, 2016 .
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City
Towns in 1915; the borders remain the same today except for annexations by the City of Sturgeon Bay and the four villages.
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