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Nearby City: Bayfield, Bayfield County
Body of water: Lake Superior
Shipwreck

Lenzema (1882)

Ship Master: Banks
Body of water: Lake Michigan
Shipwreck

Colorado (1861)

Nearby City: Wind Point, Racine County
Body of water: Lake Michigan
Shipwreck

T.H. Camp (1876)

Ship Master: John Swanes
Nearby City: La Pointe, Ashland County
Body of water: Lake Superior
Shipwreck

Pride (1849)

Ship Master: C. Klingenberg
Nearby City: Washington, Door County
Body of water: Lake Michigan
Shipwreck

Lady of the Lake (1872)

Nearby City: Lake Geneva, Walworth County
Body of water: Lake Geneva
Shipwreck

Aldena (1929)

Location: Mississippi River mile marker 14. Locks at Guttenburg.
Ship Master: Raymond E. Bond
Nearby City: Guttenberg, IA, Grant County
Body of water: Mississippi River
Shipwreck

Agnes Behrman (1883)

Ship Master: C.O. Pedersen
Nearby City: Gills Rock, Door County
Body of water: Green Bay
Shipwreck

Grayling (1876)

Location: In 1936 the Grayling was scuttled off the coast of Milwaukee by the Coast Guard.
Nearby City: Milwaukee, Milwaukee County
Body of water: Lake Michigan
Shipwreck

Northwestern (1864-65)

Ship Master: Captain Jack Anson
Nearby City: Fremont, Winnebago County
Body of water: Wolf River
Shipwreck

Challenge (1852)

Ship Master: William J. O'Brien Captain F. Snowball W. Young
Body of water: Lake Michigan
Shipwreck

Ottawa (1881)

Location: North side of Red Cliff Bay in 12' of water.
Ship Master: J.F. Reid
Nearby City: Red Cliff, Bayfield County
Body of water: Lake Superior
Shipwreck

Meridian (1848)

Location: Sank off Sister Island in Lake Michigan. The remains can be located directly off the tip of the fantail gravel shoal which extends south from the east point of Little Sister Island. the end of the reef drops sharply into 25 feet of water; part of the wreck is buried in the gravel at the base of the reef. A larger section lies slightly off this buried segment in about 30-40 feet of water.
Ship Master: Calvin Gray
Nearby City: Sister Bay, Door County
Body of water: Green Bay
Shipwreck

Emma Leighton (1867)

Location: "... she should be easy to find and must be in no more than 10-15 feet of water near Rowley's Pier, probably near the alternate landing site for the Washington Island Ferry."
Ship Master: George C. Thompson from Milwaukee
Nearby City: Rowley's Bay, Door County
Body of water: Lake Michigan
Shipwreck

Black Hawk

Nearby City: Milwaukee, Milwaukee County
Body of water: Lake Michigan
Shipwreck

Snow Drop (1853)

Ship Master: Captain John Shipworth of Chicago.
Nearby City: Milwaukee, Milwaukee County
Body of water: Lake Michigan
Shipwreck

Marquette (1881)

Location: Located in deep water off of Michigan Island in Lake Superior.
Ship Master: Captain Charles Caughell
Nearby City: Bayfield, Ashland County
Body of water: Lake Superior
Shipwreck

L. May Guthrie (1874)

Location: Driven aground on Fisherman's Shoal; east of Washington Island in Door County, Wisconsin.
Ship Master: A.G. Brown
Nearby City: Detroit Harbor, Door County
Body of water: Lake Michigan
Shipwreck

City of Ashland (1883)

Nearby City: Washburn, Ashland County
Body of water: Lake Superior
Shipwreck

Fedora (1889)

Location: Close to Chicago Creek north of Red Cliff. Near the Red Cliff campground and boat launch.
Ship Master: Original master: C.H. Wilson Master at the time of the fire: Captain Frank A. Fick
Nearby City: Red Cliff, Bayfield County
Body of water: Lake Superior

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