A Great Lakes tour guide recently discovered the remains of a massive, 138-year-old shipwreck near the northernmost tip of the Door County Peninsula in eastern Wisconsin. Credit: Wisconsin Historical Society“It’s over 130 feet long,” he told Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) on August 25. Rowleys Bay is punctuated by Barker Shoal, a limestone outcropping made even more dangerous thanks to the comparatively shallow waters. Meanwhile, the outcropping itself acquired the name Barker Shoal, mostly likely in reference to the ill-fated boat. Credit: Wisconsin Historical SocietyThe Wisconsin Historical Society is currently planning further expeditions to the Barker in the hopes of adding the shipwreck to the National Register of Historical Places.