Shipwrecked first opened for business in the late 1800’s. The lumber industry in the area was booming. Shipwrecked ended up becoming a popular place with both lumberjacks and sailors.
In the 1920’s Shipwrecked became one of Al Capone’s favored places. Door County in general was a favorite area for Al Capone to hang out in because the “nooks and crannies” all over the county made it difficult for officials to track him down there. But Egg Harbor and Shipwrecked in particular were favored places of Al Capone’s.
There are still tunnels under the building that lead to various places around Egg Harbor that were said to have been used by Al Capone when he needed to make a quick “getaway.”
Folklore states the tunnels were originally created for Chief Tecumseh of the Ottawa Indian tribe for his use in quick getaways from other tribes. There are other stories about the tunnels under the Shipwrecked building. If you ask one of the local people in the area, he or she will likely be happy to tell you a few of them. One of those stories says that in the early 1930’s a couple of IRS “revenuers” came looking for Al Capone at Shipwrecked but were never seen again because they somehow got “lost” in the tunnels.
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