One manufacturer will stick out among the rest at the Door County Maritime Museum’s Classic and Wooden Boat Show from August 4th through the 6th. The Sturgeon Bay campus' parking lot will be filled with a wide variety of vessels, but it will pay special homage to the Peshtigo-produced Thompson Brothers boats. The company began producing wooden pleasure boats and canoes in 1904 before the switch to fiberglass watercraft drove them out of business in the 1960s. No matter vessel, Door County Maritime Museum Deputy Director and Development Manager Sam Perlman says the Classic and Wooden Boat Show brings out a lot of interested people.

Coast Guard demonstrations and the Sikaflex boat-building challenge also highlight the Classic and Wooden Boat Show, which serves as one of the many events highlighting Sturgeon Bay Maritime Week.