Manitowoc Wedding

Manitowoc (/m n t wk/) is the county seat of Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. The city is located on Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Manitowoc River. According to the 2000 census, Manitowoc had a population of 34,053 people, and over 50,000 people in the surrounding communities.

In 1847, the first wooden sailing vessel was crafted in the area, a modest precursor to the shipbuilding industry which produced schooners and clippers used for fishing and trading in the Great Lakes and beyond the St. Lawrence Seaway. The Manitowoc Company that is based in the town grew out of the shipbuilding industry and is a diversified manufacturer with interests in the construction, shipbuilding and food service industries. The city is also the world headquarters of Lakeside Foods Company Manitowoc is also one endpoint of the ferry route of the SS Badger, which connects the route of U.S. Route 10 to Ludington, Michigan