Looking Back

For generations, people have come here to live, fish, play, and look out over the water. The names of places here have changed over time to reflect the lives and traditions of the people who lived there. The Menominee called one place Puchikwet, French explorer Jean Nicolet called it La Baye Verte, and it is probably best known as Green Bay. Another protected alcove, once known as Shanty Bay, is now Nicolet Bay, and for centuries people sought refuge there. In the 1930s and 1940s, the "Big Slide" was a place to sled down the toboggan run, watch ski jump competitions, play hockey on the ice, and warm up in the Warming Shelter, now White Cedar Nature Center.

Gibraltar, Wisconsin · United States