TOWN OF LIBERTY GROVE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – A recent expansion of a northern Door County park now it makes it the peninsula’s largest county park with historical significance.
The county parks department says it has acquired 72.68 acres of undeveloped land for Door Bluff Headlands County Park.
The newly added land includes a major promontory of the Niagara Escarpment and a “council ring”, a fire pit surrounded by stone walls, designed for discussion or meditation.
It is said on this property the Washington Island Iroquois fought the mainland Potawatomi.
Parks superintendent Ben Nelson tells FOX 11 the area is home to 46 species of birds and nearly 100 species of plants and hardwood forest trees approaching 100 years old.
“With this property acquisition, we have now protected some of the most important elements of biological diversity on the Door Peninsula. Preserving the property will not only benefit our residents and visitors on the peninsula but also strengthen our position as conservation leaders on the Niagara Escarpment in the Great Lakes region. This effort will impact other conservation efforts beyond the Door Peninsula.”
With the new addition, Door Bluff Headlands is now 228 acres.
The funding for the land was secured through five grant programs, the support of the Friends of Door County Parks and a temporary bridge loan from the county. No tax levy dollars will be used in the acquisition.
