Thanks to a local boater, you add another shipwreck to your list to find along the shores of Door County. The Wisconsin Historical Society announced on Friday the discovery of the Frank D. Barker after it went missing 138 years ago. Matt Olson was boating near Rowleys Bay when he spotted the 137-foot-long vessel that specialized in grain delivery when it was sailing the Great Lakes in the 1880s. The ship was on its way to Escanaba, Mich. when it got stuck in bad weather and foggy conditions. Crews went out several times to try to find the Frank D. Barker, but each time came up empty. The Wisconsin Historical Society notes that historical newspaper records placed the wreck closer to Spider Island. This was the third time Olson discovered a wreck, putting the Frank D. Barker in the same light as his discoveries in 2023 of the Grey Eagle and the Sunshine. 

Picture courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society