Ellison Bay’s Story

Thoroughly charming Ellison Bay, Wisconsin was founded in 1866 by Johan Berndt Ellison, who came to America from Denmark. In 1848, Ellison reached Buffalo, New York, where he bought a sizeable piece of land in Door County through the U.S. government. The U.S. Land Office later reported the land belonged to "John Ellison" and that the cove on the property was called "Ellison Bay".

As was the case in Mr. Ellison's day, Mother Nature still has something special in store for visitors traveling north of Sister Bay: a breathtaking vista of Ellison Bay from the crest of a 200-foot-high escarpment. The sight is particularly beautiful when fall wears its fancy dress.

Visitors and part- or full-time residents of Ellison Bay enjoy watching numerous potters and other artisans plying their trade. North of Ellison Bay's quaint business district lies The Clearing, a school of the arts, literature and ecology. The Clearing's campus is set amid a pristine woodland high above the shores of Green Bay. Nearby Newport State Park, a semi-wilderness area, has within its boundaries secluded hiking and cross-country ski trails.

Four miles east of Ellison Bay on the Lake Michigan shore lies Rowleys Bay, the gateway to the Mink River estuary. The Nature Conservancy shoreline of pristine wilderness is the home of many rare plants, birds and animal life. The cross on the shoreline is a replica of one built by Jesuit missionaries in the late 1600's. The bay bears the name of Peter Rowley, who lived there during the middle 1800's.

For more information on activities in and around Ellison Bay, Wisconsin, visit:

Door County Living
Door County Online
Door County Vacations
Travel Wisconsin - Door County
Door Bell.Net LakeCam

Ellison Bay Homes and Real Estate

Ellison Bay real estate includes a wide variety of homes for sale, condos for sale, water access properties, active adult communities, hobby farms and executive properties. With Jamie Sanger and Coldwell Banker The Real Estate Group, Inc. as their real estate partner, home buyers and home sellers, alike, can rest assured they’ll find the real estate solution they’ve been looking for.

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Other nearby communities have similar real estate characteristics as Ellison Bay and may also be of interest to you in your home search. Please feel free to ask your friends at Jamie Sanger and Coldwell Banker The Real Estate Group, Inc. about homes for sale, lakeside/riverside properties and other real estate listings for nearby communities.

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