The Bullhead Point Historical and Archaeological District is located in

Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin Sturgeon Bay is a city in and the county seat of Door County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 9,646 at the 2020 Census. The city is well-known regionally for being the largest city of the Door Peninsula, after which the county is na ...

Description

The district includes the remains of three ships in shallow water. They are visible from the shore during periods of lower lake levels. All hauled

limestone Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms whe ...

for the Sturgeon Bay Stone Company at the ends of their lives and were burned in 1931. They are the 212-foot steamer ''Empire State'' built in 1862, the 134-foot

centerboard A centreboard or centerboard (US) is a retractable hull appendage which pivots out of a slot in the hull of a sailboat, known as a ''centreboard trunk'' (UK) or ''centerboard case'' (US). The retractability allows the centreboard to be raised t ...

schooner A schooner () is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than the mainmast. A common variant, the topsail schoon ...

''Oak Leaf'', and the 168-foot schooner-barge ''Ida Corning''.

References

{{Recreational dive sites, wrereg Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin Shipwrecks on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin National Register of Historic Places in Door County, Wisconsin Shipwrecks of the Wisconsin coast Shipwrecks of Lake Michigan Wreck diving sites in the United States