Editing Door County, Wisconsin (section)

==== Lighthouses and historical sites ====
{{Further|National Register of Historic Places listings in Door County, Wisconsin}}

Including both Lake Michigan and Green Bay shorelines, there are 50 total lights and lighthouses, besides lighted buoys.<ref>[https://navcen.uscg.gov/pdf/lightLists/LightList_V7_2022.pdf Light List, Volume VII: Great Lakes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131004714/https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/pdf/lightlists/LightList_V7_2022.pdf |date=January 31, 2022 }}, United States Coast Guard, 33 of the lights are listed from pages 187–191 (pages 243–247 of the pdf); 17 of them are listed from pages 195–198 (pages 251–254 of the pdf), 2022</ref> Out of these, there are 10 historically significant lighthouse structures and [[Leading lights|sets of lights]] still serving as navigational lights. Most of them were built during the 19th century and are listed in the [[National Register of Historic Places]]: [[Baileys Harbor Range Lights]], [[Cana Island Light]]house,<ref>[https://wisconsinlife.org/story/keeper-of-the-light-a-modern-lighthouse-keeper/ Keeper Of The Light: A Modern Lighthouse Keeper] by Patty Murray, September 25, 2017 ''Wisconsin Originals'', PBS</ref> [[Chambers Island Light]]house, [[Eagle Bluff Light]]house, [[Pilot Island Light]]house, [[Plum Island Range Lights]],<ref>[https://wisconsinlife.org/story/women-learn-life-skills-while-preserving-maritime-landmarks Women Learn Life Skills While Preserving Maritime Landmarks] by Joel Waldinger, October 15, 2015, ''Wisconsin Life'', PBS</ref> [[Pottawatomie Light]]house, and [[Sturgeon Bay Canal Light]]house. Other functioning historic lighthouses in the county include the [[Sherwood Point Light]]house and the [[Sturgeon Bay Canal North Pierhead Light]].<ref name=lights>[http://www.dcmm.org/cana-island-lighthouse/door-county-lighthouses/ More Door County Lighthouses] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507152544/http://www.dcmm.org/cana-island-lighthouse/door-county-lighthouses/ |date=May 7, 2018}}. Door County Maritime Museum and [https://arcg.is/1KezLv Wisconsin Coastal Lighthouses Tour] electronic map, Wisconsin Coastal Management Program</ref> The Boyer Bluff Light is mounted on an 80-foot [[skeletal tower]].<ref name=Boyer>[https://uslhs.org/light_lists/lighthouse_list.php?id=424 Boyer Bluff (Wisconsin)], ''United States Lighthouse Society''</ref> In addition, the [[Baileys Harbor Light]] is a non-functioning 19th century lighthouse.<ref name=lights/>

Thirteen historical sites are marked in the state maritime trail for the area<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwZBcg3pi7c Maritime Trail] video, July 15, 2011, ''Explore the Door'', Door County Visitor Bureau and also see the [http://www.wisconsinshipwrecks.org/Attraction/UpprLakeMichigan?SearchString=Maritime+Trail&county=Door&nearestCity= Maritime trail markers] for Door County listed by the Maritime Preservation Program of the [[Wisconsin Historical Society]]</ref> in addition to nine roadside [[Commemorative plaque#United States|historical markers]].<ref>[https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/pdfs/hp/HPR-Marker-List%206-19-2019.pdf Official List of Wisconsin's State Historic Markers] by the Wisconsin Historical Society, June 2019, and [https://arcg.is/1qTSmK Wisconsin Historical Marker], electronic map, Wisconsin Historical Society</ref> In Sturgeon Bay, the tugboat ''[[List of Great Lakes museum and historic ships#Tug John Purves (Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin)|John Purves]]'' is operated as a museum ship. Including lighthouses, the county has [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Door County, Wisconsin|72 properties and districts]] listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are 214 known confirmed and unconfirmed shipwrecks listed for the county,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wisconsinshipwrecks.org/Vessel/UpprLakeMichigan?SearchString=&county=Door&nearestCity=|title=Shipwrecks - Upper Lake Michigan - WI Shipwrecks|website=www.wisconsinshipwrecks.org}}</ref> including the [[SS Australasia|SS ''Australasia'']], ''[[Christina Nilsson (shipwreck)|Christina Nilsson]]'', ''[[Fleetwing (shipwreck)|Fleetwing]]'', [[SS Frank O'Connor|SS ''Frank O'Connor'']], ''[[Grape Shot (shipwreck)|Grape Shot]]'', ''[[Green Bay (shipwreck)|Green Bay]]'', ''[[Hanover (schooner)|Hanover]]'', ''[[Iris (1866 ship)|Iris]]'', [[SS Joys|SS ''Joys'']], [[SS Lakeland|SS ''Lakeland'']], ''[[Meridian (shipwreck)|Meridian]]'', ''[[Ocean Wave (shipwreck)|Ocean Wave]]'', and ''[[Success (shipwreck)|Success]]''. The [[SS Louisiana|SS ''Louisiana'']] sank during the [[Great Lakes Storm of 1913]].<ref>[https://www.wuwm.com/post/photos-deadly-great-lakes-hurricane-1913 Photos: The Deadly Great Lakes 'Hurricane' of 1913] by Stephanie Lecci & Mitch Teich, November 7, 2013, ''WUWM 89.7 Milwaukee's NPR''</ref> Some shipwrecks are used for [[wreck diving]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200113070558/http://www.deepsixscuba.com/docs/DoorCountyShoreDives.pdf Guide to Door County Shore Dives] by Chuck Larsen and [https://www.twincities.com/2012/07/07/wisconsins-door-county-full-of-treasures-for-scuba-divers/ Wisconsin's Door County Full of Treasures for Scuba Divers] by Brian E. Clark, July 7, 2012, updated November 9, 2015, ''Twin Cities Pioneer Press''</ref>