“Cardy Paleo-Indian Camp Archaeological Site: From the Ice Age Trail at the intersection of Green Bay Rd. and Lansing Rd., head north on Lansing Rd. then turn left at Spruce St. and walk west 0.2 mi to 322 W. Spruce St. The Cardy Paleo-Indian Camp archaeological site, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is considered one of the most important archaeological finds in Wisconsin. The Cardy Site, marked by a kiosk and plaque, preserves the remains of a campsite used by Native Americans at the end of the Ice Age. An extensive dig in 2003 unearthed spear points, tools, a fire pit and other artifacts. Archeologists believe that Native Americans lived and worked in this area 11,000 years ago near the shore of Glacial Lake Algonquin and within walking distance of the receding continental ice sheet. This camp is unusual for its far north location. Glacial Lake Algonquin occupied the Lake Michigan and Lake Huron basins at the end of the Ice Age and would have been about 25 feet higher than Green Bay is today.”

“The Door County Historical Museum celebrated the grand opening of a new permanent exhibit, the second such addition of this season. The Cardy Site Collection of Paleo-Indian stone tools was donated to the museum by Darrel Cardy in 2016 and went on view for the first time on Sat-urday, August 18th. The Collection contains fluted spear points, end scrapers, flake tools and various other artifacts that are distinctly different from and much older than the stone tools used by the Native Americans who were encountered by the earliest European explorers. In fact, these tools have been dated at somewhere between 10,000 and 11,000 years before present, which means that Native Americans were living on the Door Peninsula near the time of and very near the edge of the retreating glaciers that once covered this area.”