State Parks of Wisconsin 



beauty. It is wild and as yet unspoiled, with alternating interests 

 of woodland and cliff, bay and land. Reminding one constantly of 

 the coast of Maine, the shore with its many graceful indentations is 

 a never-ending delight. It sweeps from point to point, here a beach 

 of fine sand, there of gravel, then, in contrast, precipitous limestone 

 bluffs, rising to a height of a hundred feet or more and covered with 

 a heavy growth of native trees and shrubs, mostly evergreen. The 

 vegetation is rich and varied. Extensive forests of pine, cedar, bal- 

 sam, maple, basswood and birch, covering large tracts, with every 

 now and then a pleasant opening in the more fertile, level land. 

 Birds are numerous, as might be expected, and wild flowers abound. 

 It is no exaggeration to say that the broad beauty of the scenery of 

 this section is not surpassed in Wisconsin. Indeed, one of the un- 

 deniable claims of Door County to selection is that this type of scen- 

 ery does not exist elsewhere in the State. Almost at each step on 

 the land, each boat's length on the water, a new vista is opened, a 

 new composition is afforded. To add even greater interest to these 

 scenes we have the little islands — Strawberry, Horseshoe, etc. — 

 stretching along the shore — which, it is hoped, will form a part of 

 the State's possessions. With a temperature always moderate, the 

 purest of air laden with the fragrance of balsam and pine, with unex- 

 celled facilities for sailing, boating, fishing, with already a hundred 

 miles of fine country roads sweeping over hill and dale, this Door 

 County region under State control might easily become a famous 



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