NRHP Reference # 03000668 | Added to NRHP 17 July 2003 | |
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Location Lake Michigan off Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin | ||
Christina Nilsson was a schooner that sank in Lake Michigan off Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin, on October 23, 1884. In 2003, the shipwreck site was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
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Map of Christina Nilsson Shipwreck (1871), Baileys Harbor, WI, USA
History
The ship was built in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, at a cost of $23,000 and was named after Christina Nilsson.
On October 23, 1884, Christina Nilsson cleared Escanaba, Michigan, bound for Chicago, Illinois, with a cargo of pig iron. When a blizzard hit the area that day, her captain attempted to make port at Baileys Harbor, but, while still trying to navigate through the storm, Christina Nilsson struck a reef off Baileys Harbor and foundered. All crew members survived.
The ship's cargo was recovered, but attempts to salvage Christina Nilsson herself were unsuccessful. The wreck site has been investigated by the Wisconsin Historical Society and the Wisconsin Underwater Archaeology Association since 1997.