While there are several stories about how Egg Harbor, Wisconsin, got its name, the most liked was printed in the Door County Advocate in 1862. The story goes that in 1825, several Mackinac boats stopped here for the night after leaving Green Bay to deliver furs to the trading post on Mackinac Island. While rowing ashore, there was a race to see who would reach it first, and the men began to throw eggs at each other. The next morning, there were so many eggshells scattered about they christened it Egg Harbor. A seagull poses in the rain at Egg Harbor. Photo by Kathy Alexander.