The newest place you will find at the top of the State Register of Historic Places is at the bottom of the lake near Baileys Harbor. The Wisconsin Historical Society announced earlier this week that the Emeline Shipwreck would be listed on the State Register of Historic Places.

Built in Michigan during the 1860s, the Emeline was caught in a squall when it was blown over and later sank in 18 feet of water near the Anclam Pier in 1896, according to the Wisconsin Historical Places. WisconsinShipwrecks.org states the vessel had to be dynamited in 1903 to flatten it so it would not be a navigational hazard. Today, the Emeline sits partially buried in the sand. The shipwreck joined the Edward and Mary Davies House in Platteville, Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church of Burr Oak in Farmington, and the Advance Shipwreck in Holland as new entries onto the State Register of Historic Places.

Of the over 2,700 historic sites listed on the state register, 70 are shipwrecks including 15 in Door County. That is the most of any county in the state and one of three with 10 or more shipwrecks (Manitowoc with 13 and Sheboygan with 10) on the State Register of Historic Places. 

Photo courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society