The history of the shelter house for drowning persons begins in 1863. The Boschplaat is then a largely bare beach plain of about ten km long and locally four km wide. Ships are regularly stranded and shipwrecked people do not know where they are or where to go. The first shelter house was on the so-called third dunes, about three km to the south. Later houses were built further north because of the great distance to the waterline. The last shelter house, already in a bad state of repair, was torn apart in the storm of February 16, 1962 and disappeared from the scene. In 1998, on the initiative of the cultural-historical association Schylge myn Lântse, an action was started to rebuild the shelter house. Not for the original purpose, although it cannot be ruled out that it can serve as a shelter, but more as a landscape element and for nostalgic reasons. Thanks to promised subsidies and thanks to the cooperation of Rijkswaterstaat, Staatsbosbeheer, the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, the municipality of Terschelling, sponsors and the neighbors of Lies, Hoorn and Oosterend, this replica was built in 1999. In the original shelter house there were basic necessities and blankets present. The alarm could be raised by ringing a bell via a cable connection at the skipper of the lifeboat in Oosterend. These facilities have now been discontinued. Attention could also be drawn by hoisting the hive in the top, which could be seen in the inhabited world with good visibility. Lifting is now blocked. In the storm of 5 and 6 December 2013, a combination of (prolonged) high water and wind with hurricane force caused the shelter house to become skewed. Although this caused damage, it did not pose any danger and was still accessible. Consultations with Rijkswaterstaat have shown that, in connection with the coastal decline, relocation was a better option than just rectifying it. A new location, at Paal 23,500 and about 50 meters before the existing row of dunes, has become the new location for the house. A number of piles that were released during the construction of new jetties in the port of Terschelling were made available by the municipality to the Húske op ‘e Hoek foundation, which is responsible for the house. These posts, together with some of the old posts, were placed on the beach by contractor Trip-Hek. Due to persistent storms in 2014, the shelter house was removed last winter and stored in Oosterend until the new place was ready. The house has been renovated at De Duinkant campsite in Oosterend and was placed back on the beach at the beginning of November 2015.
