Fish Creek, Wisconsin Fish Creek, Wisconsin Fish Creek marina from Peninsula State Park Fish Creek marina from Peninsula State Park Fish Creek is an unincorporated improve positioned in Door County, Wisconsin, United States, inside the town of Gibraltar and is positioned on Highway 42 along Green Bay. The first settler of Fish Creek was Increase Claflin and his family about 1844, but the village founder is considered to be entrepreneur Asa Thorp.
Loggers and fishermen started settling in Fish Creek in 1853. Thorp owned much of the area's territory by that year, and assembled Fish Creek's first dock in 1855.
By 1900, summer tourists were incessantly visiting the village, and Fish Creek became a resort community.
Fish Creek is also contiguous to Peninsula State Park, and its chief entrance is in the village.
The great favor of the nearly 4,000-acre (16 km2) park is that it is the chief view from Fish Creek Harbor.
With a fairly large art community, Fish Creek has always thriving artists and craftspeople.
Gibraltar Area Schools serves Fish Creek.
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Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin - Unincorporated communities in Door County, Wisconsin
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