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Lakeshore State Park will be the first new state park in Wisconsin since 1978. Located on a man-made 17-acre island east of the Henry W. Maier Festival Park Grounds, Lakeshore State Park will include a 130-foot long pedestrian bridge, walking trails, docks and overnight boat camping and fishing areas.
THE ISLAND was created in 1991 by the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) in collaboration with the City of Milwaukee Board of Harbor Commissioners to provide shore protection for the festival grounds, a protected harbor of refuge for small craft, and a low-cost disposal site for rock generated by MMSD deep tunnel construction. The island core was created with dolomite limestone and granular fill from the deep tunnel project. Topsoil, Kentucky bluegrass, and a crushed stone perimeter path were added to the island property. It has been a great lakeside destination for fishing, biking, hiking and dog walking over the last 20 years.
IN OCTOBER, 1998, then Wisconsin Governor, Tommy Thompson, had a vision to create a state park in the urban setting of Milwaukee. In January of 2001 the proposal passed by the Natural Resources Board and work begun to create a design for the state park. |
