Gills Rock, Wisconsin

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.

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. [ [http://doorcounty.innline.com/area.asp?areaId=11 Door County Pages ] ] 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.

In popular culture

The town is the birthplace of fiction character Gwen Raiden from the TV series "Angel".

References

* "Around the Shores of Lake Michigan A Guide to Historic Sites" by Margaret Beattie Bogue

Notes

External links

* [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=gills+rock&sll=45.296143,-86.885376&sspn=0.672358,1.277161&layer=&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1 Google Maps] - Aerial View
* [http://www.doorcounty.com/plan/communities/ellison-bay-gills-rock.aspx Door County Chamber of Commerce] - General Information