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The Beginning• Jean Nicollet was a

famous explorer• Looking to claim

land for France• Traveled on Lake

Michigan• Landed in Green

Bay in 1634

Photo: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/familyprevot/Dom/Genealogie/DocumentsNicoletLieux.html

Fur Trade Develops• 1630s furs were regularly

leaving the area• Most furs were supplied

by Native American traders– Ottawa -Sauk– Ojibwe -Huron– Potawatomi -Fox

• Fur traders were using the Fox River

Photo: http://www.i-fur.com/

Marquette and Joliet1673

–Marquette and Joliet used Fox and Wisconsin rivers to reach the Mississippi

– Fox and Wisconsin Rivers became major transportation routes

–Port of Green Bay starts to boom

Photo: http://www.wisconline.com/attractions/canoerivers.html

What first came into the Port?

1806:1816:

1835: 1892:

Turn of the century even

more begins to change

Products change

Amount of materials increases

Port becomes essential (very important)

to Green Bay

Why use ships and the Port?

• Better air quality

• Fewer emissions

• Fewer accidents and

highway congestion

• Less fuel consumption

692 Large Semi trucks

•18,000 tons

•110,000 gallons of fuel

•16 tons of emissions

180 Railway Cars

•18,000 tons

•11 tons emissions

•36,360 gallons of fuel

One Coal Vessel

•18,000 tons material

•7,116 gallons of fuel

•1 ton of emissions* *particles put into the air by cars, smokestacks

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Transportation Efficiency (Usefulness)

Water vs. Land

Some of the Companies Using the Port Today

                                                                                                                                                    

                                                                                                                                      

How does the port affect the economy?

• Family Wage Jobs $565 million

• Income from Jobs $21 million

• Value of cargo $315 million

• State/local taxes $4 million

Look at the beauty of the Port today!

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