- 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.Contribute to this Site
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