The Kate Kelly was a 126-foot wood-hulled two-masted schooner that sank in 1895 off the coast of Wind Point, Wisconsin, United States.
[1] The Kate Kelly was built in Tonawanda, New York by John Martel in 1867, a canaller designed to carry maximum cargo through the Welland Canal between Lakes Erie and Ontario, with inches to spare.
[3] In May 1895 the Kate Kelly left Alpena, Michigan with a load of hemlock railroad ties bound for Chicago.
On the morning of May 13, a storm broke out across Lake Michigan, sinking several ships including the Kate Kelly.
[3] The ship lies two miles east of Wind Point Light in 55 feet of water, broken up in sections on the lakebed.