Gills Rock, Wisconsin
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'''Gills Rock''' is an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] located on [[Highway 42 (Wisconsin)|Highway 42]] at the very northern tip of the [[Door Peninsula]] in [[Door County, Wisconsin|Door County]], [[Wisconsin]], [[United States]]. It is within the town of [[Liberty Grove, Wisconsin|Liberty Grove]] and was formerly known as Hedgehog Harbor.
==History==
The area was named for Elias Gill, a local 19th century landowner.
Gills Rock has strong history and tradition of commercial fishing which continues to this very day.<ref>[http://doorcounty.innline.com/area.asp?areaId=11 Door County Pages<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The [[Door County Maritime Museum]] is located there, and the area is also very popular with [[scuba]] divers who explore the many shipwrecks in and around ''Death's Door'', the narrow straight connecting [[Lake Michigan]] to [[Green Bay (Lake Michigan)|Green Bay]], which is also know as [[Porte des Morts]]. The [[Pilot Island Light]] is located on [[Pilot Island (Wisconsin)|Pilot Island]] near Gills Rock.
It is also the departing site of a passenger-only ferry to [[Washington Island]] featuring both ferry rides and narrated train tours upon arriving on Washington Island.
==In popular culture==
The town is the birthplace of fiction character [[List of minor Angel characters#Gwen Raiden|Gwen Raiden]] from the TV series ''[[Angel (TV series)|Angel]]''.
==References==
* ''Around the Shores of Lake Michigan A Guide to Historic Sites'' by Margaret Beattie Bogue
==Notes==
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==External links==
*[http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=gills+rock&sll=45.296143,-86.885376&sspn=0.672358,1.277161&layer=&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1 Google Maps] - Aerial View
*[http://www.doorcounty.com/plan/communities/ellison-bay-gills-rock.aspx Door County Chamber of Commerce] - General Information
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