Post on 26-Mar-2015
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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
=
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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