Green Bay (Lake Michigan)
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| Location | Brown County, Wisconsin Door County, Wisconsin Kewaunee County, Wisconsin Marinette County, Wisconsin Oconto County, Wisconsin Delta County, Michigan Menominee County, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 45°01′47″N 87°27′39″W / 45.02972°N 87.46083°WCoordinates: 45°01′47″N 87°27′39″W / 45.02972°N 87.46083°W |
| Type | Bay |
| Surface elevation | 581 feet (177 m) |
Green Bay is an arm of Lake Michigan, located along the south coast of Michigan's Upper Peninsula and the east coast of Wisconsin. It is separated from the rest of the lake by the Door Peninsula in Wisconsin, the Garden Peninsula in Michigan, and the chain of islands between them, all formed by the Niagara Escarpment. Green Bay is some 120 miles (193 km) long, with a width ranging from about 10 miles (16 km) to 20 mi (32 km). It is 1,626 square miles (4,210 km2) in area.
At the southern end of the bay is the city of Green Bay, Wisconsin, where the Fox River enters the bay. The Leo Frigo Memorial Bridge (formerly known as the Tower Drive bridge) spans the point where the bay ends and the Fox River begins. Locally, the bay is often called the Bay of Green Bay to distinguish the bay from the city. The bay is navigable by large ships.
The bay is located in parts of five counties in Wisconsin (Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Marinette, Oconto), and two in Michigan (Delta, Menominee).
Oconto, Green Bay was home to Copper Culture State Park, which has remains dated to around 5000-6000 B.C. It is a burial ground of the Copper Culture Indians. This burial ground is considered to be the oldest cemetery in Wisconsin and one of the oldest in the nation.
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