Shipwreck · Lake Michigan · Foundered
Northerner
A schooner built in 1850, lost on Lake Michigan in 1868. The record: “Sank 29 November 1868.” The wreck is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The vessel
On the record
- Type
- Schooner
- Builder
- John Oades
- Completed
- 1850
- Length
- 81 ft (25 m)
- Beam
- 19 ft (6 m)
- Fate
- Sank 29 November 1868
- Wreck site
- One mile off Port Washington, Wisconsin
- National Register
- Listed December 10, 2010 · ref. 10001005
- Lake
- Lake Michigan
- Coordinates
- 43.3147° N, 87.8242° W
On the bottom nearby
Nearest Michigan wrecks
- Niagara (1856)5.4 mi · lost 1856
- Tennie and Laura6.1 mi · lost 1903
- SS J. M. Allmendinger7.5 mi · lost 1895
- SS Milwaukee (1929)12 mi · lost 1929
- SS Senator13 mi · lost 1929
- SS Appomattox15 mi · lost 1905
Straight-line distance between published positions.
By boat
Closest launches
On the horizon
Nearest lights
- Kevich Light3.3 mi
- Port Washington Breakwater Light5.2 mi
- Port Washington Light5.7 mi
On shore
Worth the stop
- Kohler-Andrae State Park25 mi · dunes
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Northerner (shipwreck), retrieved 2026-10-11. We print the fields as recorded and add nothing; a missing field means the record is silent. Tonnage and dimensions were often measured more than one way in their day, so they can differ between sources.
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