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A British 22-gun brig-sloop sunk in a storm on Lake Ontario, discovered in 2008. The oldest shipwreck ever found on the Great Lakes. Orcadian: 5 August 1858 Directly outside of Sodus Bay harbor on the western side of the harbor entrance in shallow water. Perseverance: A steamer directly in front of Pultneyville, New York in deep water. Queen Mary
She is the second oldest shipwreck in Ohio waters (after the recently discovered schooner Lake Serpent), [153] and the oldest known wreck of a steamship in the Great Lakes. [154] 2: Dunkirk Schooner Site: Dunkirk Schooner Site: May 1, 2009 : About 20 miles off Dunkirk, New York
A World War II-era steamship that sank along with its captain in a strong storm in 1940 has been found at the bottom of Lake Superior after a 10 ... The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical ...
By one estimate, there are 6,000 shipwrecks in the Great Lakes, 550 in Lake Superior alone, including the Edmund Fitzgerald, which sank in 1975 and is immortalized in a folk song by Gordon Lightfoot.
Sign, Graveyard of the Great Lakes, Whitefish Point. The Graveyard of the Great Lakes comprises the southern shore of Lake Superior between Grand Marais, Michigan, and Whitefish Point, though Grand Island has been mentioned as a western terminus. [1] More ships have wrecked in this area than any other part of Lake Superior. [2] [3] [4]
The Great Lakes’ frigid fresh water used to keep shipwrecks so well preserved that divers could see dishes in the cupboards. Now, an invasive mussel is destroying shipwrecks deep in the depths ...
SS Arlington was a Great Lakes steamship which sank after breaking apart on Lake Superior on May 1, 1940. The wreck was discovered in 2023. The wreck was discovered in 2023. Construction
Nearly 200 shipwrecks are believed to rest within or nearby the boundaries of the sanctuary, which includes the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center in Alpena and some 4,300 square miles of ...