Shipwreck · Door Peninsula, Wisconsin

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A wreck in Lake Michigan off Wisconsin, on the state's Lake Michigan water trail. Lost in 1874. Wisconsin's shipwrecks are protected by state law: look, take nothing.

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Quick facts

TypeShipwreck
Lost1874
Built1848
Seabed depth2.4 m (8 ft) below the surface
Position45.1416°N, 87.0620°W (approximate, ±100 m)
Position known fromNOAA's nautical chart
From Toft Point7.7 km (4.8 mi), bearing 10° N
SourceWisconsin DNR Lake Michigan State Water Trail (Wisconsin Historical Society); NOAA ENC US4WI1KR

How to see it

Underwater, so there is nothing to see from the shore. From Toft Point, 7.7 km (4.8 mi) away, CoastFinder draws it below the horizon at its bearing and distance, with its charted depth.

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Not for navigation. Positions and depths come from public charts and records, with their sources named above; they are for looking, not for piloting a boat.