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The Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary is a United States National Marine Sanctuary on Lake Michigan off the coast of the U.S. state of Wisconsin.It protects 38 known historically significant shipwrecks ranging from the 19th-century wooden schooners to 20th-century steel-hulled steamers, as well as an estimated 60 undiscovered shipwrecks.
One of the largest wooden ships ever built, she mostly carried iron ore east on the Great Lakes and returned with coal. Ran aground in a fog bank in November 1905. [68] Part of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Sites of Wisconsin MPS; boundary enlarged November 16, 2015. 6: Arctic Shipwreck (tug) Arctic Shipwreck (tug) June 22, 2018
This includes shipwrecks on Lake Michigan, one of the Great Lakes in North America. Pages in category "Shipwrecks of Lake Michigan" The following 83 pages are in this category, out of 83 total.
The 156-year-old shipwreck wasn't found until last July and is significant because it's remarkably intact, unlike most other Great Lakes wrecks.
The boiler from the John Evenson steam tug now lies on the bottom of Lake Michigan. The 54-foot steam tug sank on June 5, 1895, and was finally discovered by two Wisconsin maritime historians on ...
According to Shipwreck World, Clow was taking the Muir from Bay City, Michigan, to South Chicago with a cargo of bulk salt on Sept. 30, 1893, when at 5 a.m. the ship was hit by a 50 mph gale in ...
Pages in category "Shipwrecks on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
A combination of sand movement and knowing who to contact if a shipwreck is seen are likely why so many were discovered. More than 3 times as many shipwrecks were discovered in Lake Michigan last ...