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Lake Serpent: 1829 The schooner disappeared en route to Cleveland with a load of limestone. Both occupants fell overboard and drowned; their bodies washed ashore just west of Cleveland. The ship was discovered in 2016 and identified in 2019. She is the oldest-confirmed shipwreck in Lake Erie. Little Wissahickon: 10 July 1896 Sank off Rondeau Point
Western Lake Superior Since the 19th century, there have been several losses in both the Minnesota ( north shore ) and the Wisconsin ( south shore ) portion of western Lake Superior . Out of the known shipwrecks in the region, 25 of them are listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
As the storm continued to rage, the ship came apart, eventually killing 46 people. The wreck of the Algoma was the worst loss of life in the history of Lake Superior shipping. [5] 2: Amboy and George Spencer Shipwreck Sites: Amboy and George Spencer Shipwreck Sites: April 14, 1994 : Lake Superior shore about a mile southwest of Sugar Loaf Cove [6
More: Lake Superior shipwreck Adella Shores, missing since 1909, finally found. More: ‘Four days of hell’: Remembering the 1913 storm that sunk a dozen Great Lakes ships.
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-year search. ... Mystery shipwreck that claimed ...
The recent discovery of wreckage more than 600 feet deep in Lake Superior solves one mystery of the SS Arlington, a 244-foot bulk carrier that sank in 1940. But another remains.
Pages in category "Shipwrecks of Lake Superior" The following 81 pages are in this category, out of 81 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
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.