Pilot Island NW Site


Pilot Island NW Site
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Sign for the Pilot Island NW Site
Nearest city	Washington, Wisconsin
Area	1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
MPS	Great Lakes Shipwreck Sites of Wisconsin MPS
NRHP Reference #	92000103 ^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 19, 1992

The Pilot Island NW Site is the site of three shipwrecks on the northwest side of Pilot Island in Door County, Wisconsin. The shipwrecks lie in Lake Michigan under 20 to 50 feet (6.1 to 15.2 m) of water; buoys placed by the Wisconsin Historical Society mark their locations. The first ship, the Forest, sank at a reef on Pilot Island on October 28, 1891, while attempting to pass through Porte des Morts. In 1892, the J.E. Gilmore sank at the site while navigating the passage on October 17. The third ship, the A.P. Nichols, sank at the site in a storm on October 28 of the same year.^[2] The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 19, 1992.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "Detailed Information for Pilot Island Site". Wisconsin's Maritime Trails. Wisconsin Historical Society, University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute, and Wisconsin Coastal Management Program. Retrieved 22 May 2011.

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