2 mi. NE of Sheboygan Pt. in Lake Michigan, Sheboygan, Wisconsin. County/parish: Sheboygan.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 07, 2019. NRIS 100003288.
Part of Great Lakes Shipwreck Sites of Wisconsin MPS (NRIS 64500716).
1 contributing site.Also known as:
SS Selah Chamberlain was a wooden-hulled Great Lakes freighter that sank in Lake Michigan in 1886, 6 miles (10 km) off the coast of Sheboygan, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States after being rammed by the steamer John Pridgeon Jr. with the loss of five lives. On January 7, 2019, the wreck of Selah Chamberlain was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and was given the reference number 100003288. She was the first shipwreck listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019.
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