Green Bay shipwreck (sloop) | |
| Location | Lake Michigan off the coast ofSevastopol, Wisconsin |
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| NRHP reference No. | 09000952 |
| Added to NRHP | November 18, 2009 |
TheGreen Bay is the name given to an unidentifiedsloop that sank inLake Michigan off the coast ofSevastopol, Wisconsin. In 2009, the shipwreck site was added to theNational Register of Historic Places.[1]
Based on the features and style of the sloop, it is dated to have been built sometime from 1840 to 1860.[2] The shipwreck is the only known one of a commercial freighting sloop inWisconsin waters. Added to the fact that there is no historic record of construction of a commercial freighting sloop, it makes the site a popular one for archaeologists.
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