Christina Nilsson (shipwreck)
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Christina Nilsson (shipwreck) | |
 Christina Nilsson before she sank | |
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| Location | Lake Michigan off Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin |
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| Coordinates | 45°03.267′N 087°05.875′W / 45.054450°N 87.097917°W / 45.054450; -87.097917 |
| NRHP reference No. | 03000668 |
| Added to NRHP | July 17, 2003 |
Christina Nilsson was a schooner that sank in Lake Michigan off Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin, on October 23, 1884. In 2003, a shipwreck site purporting to be that of this ship was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[1] The wreck was subsequently identified as that of the Joseph Cochrane.
The ship was built in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, at a cost of $23,000 and was named after Christina Nilsson.[2]
On October 23, 1884, Christina Nilsson cleared Escanaba, Michigan, bound for Chicago, Illinois, with a cargo of pig iron.[3] When a blizzard hit the area that day, her captain attempted to make port at Baileys Harbor, but, while still trying to navigate through the storm, Christina Nilsson struck a reef off Baileys Harbor and foundered.[4] All crew members survived.
The ship's cargo was recovered, but attempts to salvage Christina Nilsson herself were unsuccessful.[5] The wreck site has been investigated by the Wisconsin Historical Society and the Wisconsin Underwater Archaeology Association since 1997.[6]
In June 2025, the Wisconsin Historical Society confirmed the wreck previously identified as Christina Nilsson to be that of a different vessel, the schooner Joseph Cochrane, lost in 1870.[7]
References
- ↑ "Christina Nilsson (shipwreck)". Landmark Hunter.com. Retrieved 2012-02-09.
- ↑ "Service History". Wisconsin Shipwrecks.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2012-02-09.
- ↑ "Final Voyage page 1". Wisconsin Shipwrecks.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2012-02-09.
- ↑ "Final Voyage page 2". Wisconsin Shipwrecks.org. Archived from the original on 2010-12-03. Retrieved 2012-02-09.
- ↑ "Final Voyage page 3". Wisconsin Shipwrecks.org. Archived from the original on 2010-12-03. Retrieved 2012-02-09.
- ↑ "Today page 4". Wisconsin Shipwrecks.org. Archived from the original on 2010-12-03. Retrieved 2012-02-09.
- ↑ "Historians Set the Record Straight on This Misidentified 155-Year-Old Shipwreck in Lake Michigan". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2025-07-05.
External links
- Shipwrecks in Baileys Harbor with Russel Leiz by the Baileys Harbor Historical Society, Sevestopol TV, June 7, 2012
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