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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.
Between 1875 and 1926, she was found capsized twice in Lake Michigan, with no signs of her crews. In 1875, a car ferry crossing the lake discovered the schooner floating upside down. The ten-man crew who departed with the boat were never found. The ship was then turned over and returned to her port in Milwaukee, where she remained in service. [16]
After Europeans began to explore and settle the area, storms and other incidents took their toll on ships, and as of March 2024 Lake Michigan as a whole contained an estimated 780 shipwrecks, of which approximately 250 had been discovered. [7] The waters included in the sanctuary are some of the best-understood in Lake Michigan. [7]
In 2022, researchers with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration surveyed Lake Michigan with sonar inside the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary, an area known as the ...
The ship is so well-preserved that you can see details like the wheel, and even dishes inside the deck house. A 142-year-old sunken ship has been found in Lake Michigan Skip to main content
The remains of a ship that sank over 100 years ago has been discovered off the shores of western Michigan – thanks in part to archival news articles that provided clues to the ship’s location.
126-foot 3-masted wooden-hulled schooner, built in 1862 to carry forest products around Lake Michigan. Capsized in a storm in 1893. 42: Major Anderson (barkentine) Shipwreck: Major Anderson (barkentine) Shipwreck: October 15, 2014 : Lake Michigan near mouth of Molash Cr.
When the steamship Milwaukee ran into a sudden fog on Lake Michigan in July of 1886, the ship also ran into something else: the C. Hickox. That collision was enough to sink the Milwaukee, even as ...