Peninsula State Park – Fish Creek WI

City:
Fish Creek, WI

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation, Infrastructure and Utilities, Forestry and Agriculture, Paths and Trails, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Fire Lookouts

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Started:
1935

Quality of Information:
Minimal

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

“A Civilian Conservation Corps Camp of 208 men completes projects like rebuilding Eagle Tower, constructing stone fences, clearing hiking trails and roads, planting trees and refurbishing the ski jump and toboggan run near today’s Nature Center.”  (https://dnr.wi.gov)

Source notes

https://dnr.wi.gov/topic/parks/name/peninsula/history.html Tishler, William H. 2006. Door County’s Emerald Treasure: A History of Peninsula State Park. Univ of Wisconsin Press.

Location Info


Peninsula State Park
Fish Creek, WI 54212
Door County

Coordinates: 45.15, -87.22

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