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Home » Press Releases » Wisconsin Historical Society: John Evenson (Tugboat) Shipwreck listed in the National Register of Historic Places
KEWAUNEE COUNTY, Wis. – The Wisconsin Historical Society announces the listing of the John Evenson Shipwreck in the National Register of Historic Places on March 18, 2026. The tugboat is located in Lake Michigan near the town of Ahnapee and city of Algoma, in Kewaunee County. The tugboat John Evenson is flattened and rolled onto its port side on the bottom of Lake Michigan in 48 feet of water. The...