NRHP Reference # 06000638 | Added to NRHP 19 July 2006 | |
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Location Lake Michigan off the coast of Washington Island | ||
Iris was a schooner that sank in Lake Michigan off the coast of Washington Island in Door County, Wisconsin, United States. In 2006, the shipwreck site was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
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Map of Iris Shipwreck (1866), Washington, WI, USA
History
Iris was built in Port Huron, Michigan, in 1866. She spent 47 years sailing the Great Lakes, most of which were based out of Detroit Harbor, Wisconsin. In 1913 the vessel was abandoned after having run aground.
References
Iris (shipwreck) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA