Door County & Lake Michigan

Pilot Island, Wisconsin

1892 · Schooner

Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

1890 · Steam Tug

Algoma, Wisconsin (then Ahnapee)

1871 · Scow-Schooner

Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

1934; exact day unknown · Schooner-Barge · 2–15 feet deep

Nasewaupee, Door County, Wisconsin

Circa early 20th century · Schooner-Barge

Chambers Island, Wisconsin

1898 · Steam Tug

Gills Rock, Wisconsin

1898 · Scow-Schooner

Sheboygan, Wisconsin

1884 · Scow-Schooner

Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

Night of 15–16 May 1897 · Steam Tug

Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

1956 · Fish Tug

Jacksonport, Wisconsin

Stranded 18 October 1898; subsequently capsized under tow · Schooner

Gills Rock, Wisconsin

1880; exact day unknown · Schooner

Detroit Harbor, Washington Island, Wisconsin

1924 · Auxiliary Schooner

Lake entrance to Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal, Wisconsin

1883 · Scow Schooner

Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin

Reported lost by the Chicago Tribune of October 8, 1860; actual casualty date not established in the institutional narrative. · Sailing Vessel

Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

Abandoned by November 1884 · Sidewheel Tug

Fisherman Shoals near Washington Island, Wisconsin

1887 · Schooner

Marshall’s Point, North Bay, Wisconsin

1900 · Schooner

Whitefish Bay, Door County, Wisconsin

1898 · Schooner

Egg Harbor, Wisconsin

1870 · Schooner · 32–57 feet deep

Jacksonport, Wisconsin

1885 · Schooner

Fish Creek, Wisconsin

1906 · Passenger Steamer

Little Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

Sank and was abandoned by October 1905; fragments settled by late fall 1905; exact sinking date not established. · Scow Schooner

North Bay, Door County, Wisconsin

1872 · Bark (or Barque)

Baileys Harbor, Door County, Wisconsin

1884 · Schooner · 15 ft deep

Sturgeon Bay, Door County, Wisconsin

1917 · Bulk Freighter · 3 ft deep

Little Sturgeon, Wisconsin

1922 · Barge

Clay Banks, Wisconsin

1894; stranded during the year and broke apart by fall · Schooner

Two Rivers, Wisconsin

December 12–13, 1904 · Wooden Bulk Freighter · 0–15 feet, varying with water level and shifting sand deep

Detroit Harbor, Wisconsin

Final stranding date not stated; enrollment surrendered June 10, 1908, as abandoned. · Schooner

Whitefish Bay, Door County, Wisconsin

1881 · Bark

Fish Creek, Wisconsin

1869 · Schooner

Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

1904 · Barge · 6–8 deep

Sherman Bay, north of Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal, Wisconsin

1878 · Scow Schooner

Algoma, Wisconsin

1878 · Schooner · 110 ft deep

Gills Rock, Wisconsin

Late October 1873; driven ashore and broken up within days, with destruction reported November 1. Exact stranding and breakup dates not supplied; June 30, 1874 was enrollment surrender. · Schooner

Pilot Island, Wisconsin

1879 · Schooner

Little Harbor, south of Cana Island, Wisconsin

1893 · Schooner

Gills Rock, Wisconsin

1875 · Scow Schooner

Baileys Harbor, Door County, Wisconsin

After 1896 · Schooner

Porth’s Pier, Rowleys Bay, Wisconsin

1885 · Scow Schooner

Bullhead Point, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

1916 · Package Freight Propeller · 0-10 deep

Egg Harbor, Door County, Wisconsin

1903 · Passenger And Mail Steamer

Washington Island, Wisconsin

1852 · Brig

Baileys Harbor, Door County, Wisconsin

1886 · Canal Schooner · 137 ft deep

Horseshoe Bay, Door County, Wisconsin

1900 · Scow Schooner

Gills Rock, Door County, Wisconsin

1888 · Schooner

Oak Creek, Wisconsin

1870 · Schooner

Kewaunee, Wisconsin

1886 · Schooner-Barge

Manitowoc, Wisconsin

1885 · Canal Schooner · 180 ft deep

Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

1896 · Passenger And Freight Steamer

Gills Rock, Wisconsin

1892 · Schooner

Manitowoc, Wisconsin

1909 · Lumber Steambarge

Egg Harbor, Door County, Wisconsin

1927 · Motor Yacht · 40 ft deep

Rowleys Bay, Door County, Wisconsin

1887 · Canal Schooner · 20 ft deep

Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin

1919 · Wooden Bulk Freighter · 50–67 ft deep

Algoma, Wisconsin

1897 · Schooner

Lake Michigan outside Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal, Wisconsin

July 1894 · Steam Tug

East shore of Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin

1879 · Schooner

Marinette, Wisconsin

1871 · Bark

Sheboygan, Wisconsin

1851 · Schooner

Washington Island, Wisconsin

August 1871; cleared Menominee August 7 and capsized off Spider Island, then drifted onto a shoal off Hog Island. · Schooner

Two Rivers, Wisconsin

1882 · Steam-Screw Barge

Plum Island, Door County, Wisconsin

1867 · Schooner · 8 ft deep

Shoal between Plum and Detroit islands, Wisconsin

1891 · Schooner

Shoals off Fish Creek, Green Bay, Wisconsin

1867 · Schooner

Sheboygan, Wisconsin

1880 · Schooner · 105 ft deep

Racine, Wisconsin

1876 · Scow-Schooner

Bullhead Point, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

Abandoned by 1928; burned in 1931 · Schooner-Barge

Clay Banks, Wisconsin

November 1879; exact casualty day not independently established from the dated newspaper extract. · Scow-Schooner · 12 ft deep

Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin

1873 · Schooner

Egg Harbor, Door County, Wisconsin

1905 · Schooner

North Bay, Door County, Wisconsin

November 1893; institutional heading gives November 17, while the reproduced account describes Friday–Saturday and was printed November 25. · Schooner

Pilot Island, Wisconsin

1892 · Schooner

Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

1861 · Schooner

Ephraim, Wisconsin

1895 · Steam Barge

Marinette, Wisconsin

1881 · Schooner

Ephraim, Wisconsin

March 1896 · Scow-Schooner

Algoma, Wisconsin

1895 · Tug

Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin

October 1870. The account begins the storm/leak sequence October 23, describes overnight pumping before grounding, and rescue October 25; precise grounding and terminal destruction dates not established. · Schooner

Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

1913 · Propeller

Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin

1880 · Schooner

Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

1898 · Steam Barge

Washington Island, Wisconsin

Late September 1907; refloating attempts abandoned in 1909. · Tug

Fisherman Shoal, east of Washington Island, Wisconsin

1894 · Scow Schooner

Clay Banks, Wisconsin

September 1903; the gale began the night of Sunday, September 6, and she had gone to pieces by Thursday, September 10. · Schooner

Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

1924 · Bulk Freighter · 190 to 210 feet deep

Oak Creek, Wisconsin

April 1893 · Schooner · 65 ft deep

Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin

1928 · Steel Bulk Freighter

Two Rivers, Wisconsin

November 8–9, 1877 · Schooner

Algoma, Wisconsin

1893 · Schooner

Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

A Wednesday morning in December 1900, reported December 15; exact day not established. · Steam Barge

Sister Bay, Wisconsin

Late October 1873; broken up and abandoned within weeks after failed mid-November salvage. · Schooner

Egg Harbor, Wisconsin

1900 · Schooner

Clay Banks, Wisconsin

1911 · Schooner · 20 ft deep

Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

1885 · Schooner

Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin

1901 · Schooner

Sheboygan, Wisconsin

1910 · Railroad Car Ferry

Monument Point, Wisconsin

1892 · Schooner

St. Martin Island, Michigan

1913 · Schooner Barge

Washington Island, Wisconsin

November 1901; described as a total wreck in the Door County Advocate of November 30, 1901 · Schooner · 40 ft deep

Cedar River, Michigan

1905 · Wooden Bulk Freighter

Foscoro, Wisconsin

October 1880; waterlogged off Two Rivers on Saturday, October 16, during the Alpena Gale, then drifted ashore and went to pieces. · Schooner

Northport, Wisconsin

1914 · Schooner

Racine, Wisconsin

Late October 1921 · Schooner

Two Rivers, Wisconsin

1912 · Schooner · 172 ft deep

Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

September 1907, reported in the Door County Advocate of September 12, 1907; ice completed the wreck by early 1908. · Schooner

Kewaunee, Wisconsin

1908 · Barge

Clay Banks, Wisconsin

1868 · Schooner

Gills Rock, Wisconsin

June 1900; arrival given as June 19 and the final gale as June 29 in the quoted account. · Schooner

Lily Bay, Wisconsin

October 1893 final-voyage account; enrollment date conflicts with the narrative · Schooner

Clay Banks, Wisconsin

Late October 1875; enrollment surrendered September 30, 1876, marked wrecked · Schooner

Clay Banks, Wisconsin

November 5–6, 1886 · Scow-Schooner

Sheboygan, Wisconsin

1886 · Bulk Freighter

Sevastopol, Door County, Wisconsin

1896 · Bulk Freighter

Washington Island, Door County, Wisconsin

1913 · Package Freighter

North Bay, Wisconsin

1869 · Scow Schooner · 6 ft deep

Egg Harbor, Wisconsin

1902 · Schooner

Algoma, Wisconsin

1881 · Canal Schooner

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

March 1860 · Schooner

Two Rivers, Wisconsin

1887 · Passenger And Package Freighter · 200 ft deep

Peshtigo, Wisconsin

1886 · Steam Screw

Egg Harbor, Door County, Wisconsin

1893 · Schooner

Egg Harbor, Wisconsin

1900 · Scow Schooner

Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin

1880 · Tug

Cana Island, near Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin

1893 · Schooner-Barge