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Great Lakes shipwrecks & maritime history

Stories of ships, storms and life on the inland seas, and the museums and sanctuaries that keep them.

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Shipwreck story Michigan · Lake Superior SS Edmund Fitzgerald The Great Lakes' best-known shipwreck and a lasting story of Lake Superior. Explore place
Photo: Unknown photographer · Public domain

Edmund Fitzgerald-USACE.jpg by Unknown photographer · Public domain. Resized and converted to WebP; display crops vary.

Shipwreck story Michigan · Lake Huron Cornelia B. Windiate A grain schooner whose loss illustrates the hazards of late-season lake travel. Explore place
Photo: NOAA / Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary · Public domain

Ship's wheel of Cornelia B. Windiate by NOAA / Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary · Public domain. Resized and converted to WebP; display crops vary.

Shipwreck story Michigan · Lake Huron Ironton A schooner barge lost in a Lake Huron collision and later documented by sanctuary researchers. Explore place
Photo: NOAA · Public domain

Ironton wreck.jpg by NOAA · Public domain. Resized and converted to WebP; display crops vary.

Shipwreck story Michigan · Lake Huron Monohansett A steamer whose remains form part of Thunder Bay's protected maritime collection. Explore place
Photo: NOAA / Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary · Public domain

Stern and propeller of Monohansett by NOAA / Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary · Public domain. Resized and converted to WebP; display crops vary.

Shipwreck story Michigan · Lake Huron Nordmeer A twentieth-century freighter in a sanctuary collection spanning generations of ship design. Explore place
Photo: National Marine Sanctuaries · Public domain

TBNMS - Nordmeer (27699704940).jpg by National Marine Sanctuaries · Public domain. Resized and converted to WebP; display crops vary.

Shipwreck story Michigan · Lake Huron Ohio The grain-carrying freighter involved in the same collision that sank Ironton. Explore place
Photo: Michigan Technological University / NOAA · Public domain

SS Ohio sonar image by Michigan Technological University / NOAA · Public domain. Resized and converted to WebP; display crops vary.

Shipwreck story Michigan · Lake Huron Pewabic A Thunder Bay steamer lost in a collision during the Great Lakes shipping era. Explore place
Photo: J.E. Keast · Public domain

Pewabic.jpg by J.E. Keast · Public domain. Resized and converted to WebP; display crops vary.