The Joys was a 130 foot long steam ship built in 1884 at the Milwaukee Ship Yard. Known as the ‘greyhound of lumber carriers,’ the ship burned and sank while crossing the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal in 1898.
Joys Shipwreck is located 150 yards offshore with historical marker in Sunset Park. The site was listed in 2007.
Sea - Shipwrecks
By: keeffer