Crossroads at Big Creek 920.746.5895
Science, History and the Environment in Door County, Wisconsin
Crossroads is located on the east side of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin at 2041 Michigan Street with the main entrance on Michigan St., just east of the intersection of Michigan and Highway 42/57.
Crossroads at Big Creek
Coggin Heeringa
PO Box 608
Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
920.746.5895
American Indians invented snowshoes, presumably in a snowier era. For centuries, snowshoes have been used for transportation in Wisconsin, though these days, snowshoeing is a recreational way to exercise while getting in touch with nature. Because Crossroads at Big Creek now owns fabulous new snowshoes and new skis [thanks again Raibrook Foundation, 4-H Youth leaders [...] Read more »
On Tuesday evening, February 28, the Door County Master Gardener Lecture will be “Wild Rice, Our Native Treasure.” Guest speaker Juniper Sundance will discuss of the world of wild rice, one of northern Wisconsin’s native treasures. The Ojibwa and Menominee have traditionally enjoyed wild rice as a staple of their diets, and its harvesting today [...] Read more »
“What is in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” –Shakespeare in “Romeo and Juliet“ The flowers most people associate with love are long stemmed red roses, which, even with the name of rose, do not smell as sweet as wild roses. Domestic flowers need [...] Read more »
Night comes early this time of year, and on clear evenings at Crossroads at Big Creek, we have had spectacular views of the night sky…..the planet Jupiter surrounded by thousands of twinkling stars. And as they leave our evening programs, people often ask why stars twinkle? Twinkling has to do with distance and the way our [...] Read more »
It’s February—the month of hearts and flowers. I don’t know if I can stand the stress of all the romance. Oh, be still, my beating heart! Though it seems like a bit of déjà vu, in February we celebrate Ground Hog’s Day, a secular and non-commercial holiday dedicated to a rodent with a heartbeat that [...] Read more »
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