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===Water=== ====Ferries==== * Washington Island is served by two ferry routes operating between the Door Peninsula and [[Detroit Harbor, Wisconsin|Detroit Harbor]]. One route is a 30-minute ride on a freight, automobile, and passenger ferry that departs from the [[Northport, Door County, Wisconsin|Northport Pier]] at the northern terminus of [[Wisconsin Highway 42|WIS 42]]. This ferry makes approximately 225,000 trips per year.<ref name=table7.6/> Another route is a 20- minute ride on a [[Ferry#Foot ferry|passenger-only ferry]] which departs from the unincorporated community of [[Gills Rock, Wisconsin|Gills Rock]].<ref>{{Cite web |url = http://www.islandclipper.com/ |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/19991128102429/http://islandclipper.com/ |url-status = usurped |archive-date = November 28, 1999 |title = The Island Clipper & The Viking Train |website = www.islandclipper.com |access-date = June 26, 2018 }}</ref> * Rock Island State Park is reachable by the passenger ferry ''Karfi'' from [[Washington Island (Wisconsin)|Washington Island]].<ref>{{Cite web |url = http://www.wisferry.com/rock-island-ferry |title = Rock Island Ferry |website = www.wisferry.com |access-date = July 3, 2018 }}</ref> During winter Rock Island is potentially accessible via snowmobile and foot traffic. * Although Chambers Island has no regularly scheduled ferry, there are boat operators which transport people to the island on call from Fish Creek. ====Boat ramps and marinas==== * There are 30 public [[Slipway|boat access sites]] in the county.<ref>{{cite book |url = https://www.doorcounty.com/media/1300/fishing-guide.pdf/ |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160804083130/https://www.doorcounty.com/media/1300/fishing-guide.pdf/ |title = Fishing Guide of Door County: Door County Boat Access Sites Map |archive-date = August 4, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite map |url = https://dnrmaps.wi.gov/H5/?viewer=Boat_Access |title = Wisconsin DNR interactive boating map }}</ref> The Lake Michigan State Water Trail follows most county shorelines.<ref>{{cite book |url = https://dnr.wi.gov/topic/lands/masterplanning/documents/MP-PR-LakeMichiganWaterTrail-2011.pdf |title = Wisconsin's Lake Michigan Water Trail Project: Inventory and Analysis of Access Sites in Support of a Lake Michigan Water Trail |date = December 2011 |publisher = Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources |pages = 13β23 }} Also see [https://dnr.wi.gov/topic/lands/masterplanning/documents/MP-PR-LakeMichiganWaterTrail-Map3.pdf Map 3], [https://dnr.wi.gov/topic/lands/masterplanning/documents/MP-PR-LakeMichiganWaterTrail-Map4.pdf Map 4], [https://dnr.wi.gov/topic/lands/masterplanning/documents/MP-PR-LakeMichiganWaterTrail-Map5.pdf Map 5], and the electronic [https://dnrmaps.wi.gov/H5/?viewer=LMWT Lake Michigan State Water Trail map]</ref>
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