Looking East Across Washington Harbor at Ground
Zero
Welcome to the western shore of Washington Harbor. In July,
1816, Col. John Miller was in charge of garrisoning a new fort at
the head of Green Bay to be called Fort Howard. A small fleet of
three schooners and one sloop sailed from Mackinac. They were the
sloop Amelia and the schooners Wayne, Mink, and Washington; the
last being the largest and flagship of the fleet as well as,
reportedly, the largest vessel on the lakes at the time.
The fleet was separated en route, and the Washington anchored in
what is now Washington Harbor to wait for the others. With two days
of waiting, some of the crew did some exploring on the island, and
the officers, assuming theirs was the first ship to anchor there,
named the harbor after the ship and in honor of President
Washington, who had only recently died.
There are many caches in the immediate vicinity from GZ:
They’re all fun caches and they’re just waitin’
to be found…
*** Congrats to krisandmel for the
FTF ***
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