Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
kayaks waiting to go to Horseshoe Island
As the map tells it, five miles separate Fish Creek and Ephraim, but you'd hardly know it.
On the way north, as you pass the north entrance of Peninsula State Park, a modest jumble
ofdevelopmentappears,thenvanishes,andshortlythefringesofbeautifulEphraimappear.
Bytheway,that'sEE-frum.AnotherofthoseendlesslylongDoorCountyvillagesalong
a vivid harbor, Ephraim isn't the oldest community in the county, nor are its structures the
most historically distinguished. But aesthetically it may have them all beat, and in many
other respects, the community is the most perfectly preserved slice of Door County. The
quaintnessisn'taccidental—forawhilethevillagedictatedviasocialpressurethatallstruc-
tures were to be whitewashed in proper fashion. And it stuck. The town is set along gor-
geous Eagle Harbor. An enclave of pious fortitude, it was settled by Norwegian Moravians
and christened Ephraim, which means “doubly fruitful” in Hebrew.
Ephraim is Wisconsin's only dry municipality. In a state where drinking seems second
only to Packer-backing, this is its one dry town.
