There is a monument to the French explorer Jean Nicolet, just off of Highway 57 at Wequiock Falls County Park, which is a few miles northeast of Green Bay. When I was very young, the statue was located farther north, though still in Brown County, and the wayside was much nicer and had a good view of the bay. However access to the previous site was cut off when Highway 57 was expanded to four lanes of traffic, so the statue was moved to Wequiock Falls. I believe that the move was done in July 2009.

The statue was paid for by contributions from Wisconsin school children and was set up in 1950, along with a historical marker commemorating Nicolet’s landing at Red Banks. Both the statue and historical marker were moved to the Wequiock Falls location, which is about a mile from Red Banks.

I took these photos on September 7, 2013. I was staying in Sturgeon Bay for the Door County Century bike ride and drove to Green Bay to see the courthouse fairly early on Saturday morning. there was some major road construction heading into Green Bay from Highway 57, so I was glad that there was not a lot of traffic this Saturday morning.

In addition to the courthouse, I took some pictures of the Green Bay City Hall and I walked the few blocks along Walnut Street to see the Fox River as well.