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Shipwreck

unidentified wreckage (q)

Nearby City: Bayfield, Bayfield County
Body of water: Lake Superior
Shipwreck

Ottawa (1881)

Location: North side of Red Cliff Bay in 12' of water.
Ship Master: J.F. Reid
Nearby City: Red Cliff, Bayfield County
Body of water: Lake Superior
Shipwreck

Fedora (1889)

Location: Close to Chicago Creek north of Red Cliff. Near the Red Cliff campground and boat launch.
Ship Master: Original master: C.H. Wilson Master at the time of the fire: Captain Frank A. Fick
Nearby City: Red Cliff, Bayfield County
Body of water: Lake Superior
Shipwreck

unidentified wreckage (r)

Nearby City: Bayfield, Bayfield County
Body of water: Lake Superior
Shipwreck

unknown wreck (b)

Nearby City: Bayfield, Bayfield County
Body of water: Lake Superior
Waterfront Park

Apostle Islands National Lakeshore

Location: Old Courthouse on Washington Ave.
Nearby City: Bayfield, Bayfield County
Body of water: Lake Superior
Shipwreck

unknown sloop (c)

Location: Near Bayfield
Nearby City: Bayfield, Bayfield County
Body of water: Lake Superior
Shipwreck

Finn McCool (1926)

Location: "The wreck can be accessed from shore or boat . She is located at the south end of the Apostle Island Yacht Club Harbor, just down the hill from the Seagull Bay Motel."
Nearby City: Bayfield, Bayfield County
Body of water: Lake Superior
Shipwreck

Herring King

Ship Master: John Gordon of LaPointe
Nearby City: Sand Bay, Bayfield County
Body of water: Lake Superior
Shipwreck

unknown gasboat (b)

Location: Bayfield Harbor
Nearby City: Bayfield, Bayfield County
Body of water: Lake Superior
Shipwreck

Idlewild (?)

Location: Bayfield Harbor
Nearby City: Bayfield, Bayfield County
Body of water: Lake Superior
Shipwreck

unknown gasboat (a)

Location: Sand Island, 2 miles off the lighthouse.
Ship Master: Harold Dahl
Nearby City: Sand Bay, Bayfield County
Body of water: Lake Superior
Shipwreck

Josephine Addison (1919)

Nearby City: Bayfield, Bayfield County
Body of water: Lake Superior
Shipwreck

Charlotte (1912)

Nearby City: Bayfield, Bayfield County
Body of water: Lake Superior
Other

Bayfield Commercial Fishermens' Memorial

Location: Front St.
Nearby City: Bayfield, Bayfield County
Body of water: Lake Superior
Shipwreck

unknown gasboat (d)

Nearby City: Bayfield, Bayfield County
Body of water: Lake Superior
Shipwreck

Mystic (?)

Nearby City: Bayfield, Bayfield County
Body of water: Lake Superior
Shipwreck

Thomas Friant (1884)

Location: Twelve miles southeast of Two Harbors, Minnesota and 9 miles northwest of Bayfield, Wisconsin.
Ship Master: Captain Einar Miller
Nearby City: Port Wing, Wisconsin, Bayfield County
Body of water: Lake Superior
Shipwreck

Sevona (1890)

Ship Master: Donald S. McDonald
Nearby City: Sand Bay, Bayfield County
Body of water: Lake Superior
Shipwreck

unidentified wreckage (p)

Nearby City: Bayfield, Bayfield County
Body of water: Lake Superior

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