Washington Island Chamber of Commerce

Experience Washington Island

Archives for February 2016

A Brief Island History

Washington Island is one of a string of islands stretching across the entrance of Green Bay from the Door Peninsula in Wisconsin to the Garden Peninsula in Michigan. Its earliest known name is … [Read more...]

“Le Griffon” (The Griffin)

(Abridged from the Wikipedia entry for Le Griffon*) Le Griffon (‘The Griffin’) was built by René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle in his quest to find the Northwest Passage to China and Japan. Le … [Read more...]

Martin Knudsen: Light-Keeper

Author: Arthur & Evelyn Knudsen Originally Published: 1948 Re-issued by: Cross+Roads Press Available locally at: Books Up The Road, Islandtime Books and More by Norbert Blei One of the things … [Read more...]

The Island and Thorstein Veblen

From 1896 to 1926 the world famous Economist Thorstein Veblen spent his summers on Washington Island. In 1916 he built a study cabin and a home for his wife and two step daughters. The study cabin has … [Read more...]

The Landscape

  This Photo Tour features the work of Heather and Luke Frykman of the Frykman Studio Gallery in Sister Bay, Wisconsin. Contributed content used with permission. © 2009 Heather and Luke … [Read more...]