The 1,000-Mile Great Lakes Adventures

Saturday, July 13, 2013

Washington Island, Wisconsin

Ironwork on the door


While on Washington Island, I toured the Stavkirke chapel.

Unique Stavkirke chapel

It was constructed in the 1990s following plans from Norwegian chapels built in Medieval times. 



There be Dragons adorning the chapel

I LOVED my time on Washington Island at the tip of the Door Peninsula in Wisconsin.


This is a special place, and the Stavkirke is a unique chapel on Washington Island.



Interior


It is a monument to the Scandinavian heritage of a large number of the inhabitants of Washington Island.


Model of Mackinaw schooner floats overhead





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