{"id":1584,"date":"2023-07-24T12:26:58","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T16:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/?p=1584"},"modified":"2023-07-28T10:35:54","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T14:35:54","slug":"sturgeon-bay-wi-to-sisters-bay-wi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/?p=1584","title":{"rendered":"Sturgeon Bay, WI to Sister Bay, WI"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We will travel from Sturgeon Bay, into Green Bay, and north to Sister Bay. The trip is approximately 32 miles.
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We will navigate under two bridges immediately upon departure. The first one, the newer Maple-Oregon Bridge with a 24 ft. clearance, we pass under easily without an opening request. The second bridge, The Historic Sturgeon Bay Bridge, aka the Michigan Street Bridge, built in 1929, has a low clearance of 11.5 ft. and will require an opening. The bridge opens, on request, on the half hour and the hour with both bridges operating under one bridge tender. We request an opening at 9:30 am.<\/p>\n\n\n

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At 9:30 am we are granted a “partial opening” as the bridge tender opens the bridge “just enough” for us to get under.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

We enter into Green Bay, named by French explorer Jean Nicolet, quite simply for its greenish hue.<\/p>\n\n\n

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While the waters are not as blue as Lake Michigan, they don’t appear to support the name Green <\/em><\/strong>Bay.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

We arrive to Sister Bay Marina, the one and only marina in the area. Dockage is scarce during the prime summer months and we were lucky to secure a couple days.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Sister Bay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Sister Bay is a small village on the Door Peninsula, both in size and population. Less than 1,000 people call this land of 2.58 square miles home. On this Saturday in July, they all came to the beach!<\/p>\n\n\n\n