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BULLHEAD POINT
 
Final Voyage

 
   

Three hard-working vessels end their

days as decrepit dock extensions
     
 
Launched:
Wrecked:
Empire State
(Steamer)
1862
1916, abandoned/1929 & 1931, burned
Oak Leaf
(Schooner)
1866
1928, abandoned/1931, burned
Ida Corning
(Schooner-Barge)
1881
1920's abandoned/1931, burned
 

Location: Bullhead Point, Sturgeon Bay, approximately 260 feet east-northeast of the public boat landing at Garrett Bay
        
Depth: 0 - 10 feet
 
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Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.
 
 

 
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