The community of Port Washington, Wisconsin, welcomes people from all over the world, whether for a day, a week, or a lifetime.
Visitors arrive by lake as well as by land.
Port's marina, considered by many the best on the western shores of Lake Michigan, is also home to a charter fishing fleet deserving of equal praise. Fishing successes are substantiated by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources records. Fishing and the harbor played major roles in the community from it's founding in 1835. The first man-made harbor in North America was dredged in Port Washington in 1870. A 1930's art deco lighthouse can be found at the end of the north breakwall.