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Cornelia B. Windiate
This is one of few fully intact schooners in the Great Lakes.  All 3 masts of this brigantine are standing.  They are not all fully intact but the forward mast amazingly still has a yard still attached.  Although the bowsprit is broken, the main cabin is still in place displaying some very intricate woodwork along it's sides and back cabin wall.  The stern sits high on the lake bottom and the yawl boat rests nicely on her starboard side.  The vessel was built in 1873 by Thomas Windiate at Manitowoc, MI. and sank December 10, 1875.  The wreck lays in 185 feet of water.