Historical Marker
Dickens' Ditch
Historical marker location:
Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
( Marker is on County Road P, 0.8 miles north of County Road A, on the left when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 2006
Historic Race Circuits of Elkhart Lake.
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