barque; also bark (maritime) | Wisconsin Historical Society

Historical Essay

barque; also bark (maritime)

barque; also bark (maritime) | Wisconsin Historical Society

A sailing ship with three to five masts, all of them square-rigged except the after mast, which is fore-and-aft rigged.

View pictures related to boating at Wisconsin Historical Images.

Learn More

Explore more than 1,600 people, places and events in Wisconsin history.

[Source: "Glossary." Wisconsin's Great Lakes Shipwrecks (http://www.wisconsinshipwrecks.org/)]