Published 2 months ago

Back Roads from Wisconsin's Past

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Mariners feared the voyage around Africa's Cape of Good Hope or South America's Cape Horn. One of the places they feared was the Porte des Morts on Lake Michigan. The Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal would provide safer passage to and from Wisconsin ports. The canal now is a favorite of pleasure craft and tourists who are still susceptible.

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Back Roads from Wisconsin's Past

STURGEON BAY, Wis. – For centuries people dreamed of shorter, safer trade routes. Mariners feared the voyage around Africa’s Cape of Good Hope or South America’s Cape Horn, where unpredictable seas doomed ships. The long voyages around the southern tips…

2 months ago·Cherokee County, United States

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