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The Hanover was a 109-foot 2-masted schooner constructed in New York in 1853. It hauled bulk cargo (primarily grain) up and down the Great Lakes until 1863, when a gale drove it aground off the Strawberry Islands, where it was stripped and abandoned. [95] [96] 25: Hennepin Self-unloading Steamship (Shipwreck) Hennepin Self-unloading Steamship ...
A steamer directly in front of Long Pond Outlet in Greece, New York. Londonderry: Wrecker. Maple Glen: Steamer. Marine Museum 2: Scow. Mark One: Tug. Mary Kay: In 54 feet (16 m) of water just northeast of Snake Creek. Menominee: Northeastern Lake Ontario off Galloo Island. Milan: 10 November 1849 A schooner directly in front of Oak Orchard, New ...
Dunkirk Schooner Site is a historic shipwreck archaeological site located in Lake Erie off Dunkirk in Chautauqua County, New York.It lies about 20 miles (32 km) off Dunkirk resting in 170 feet (52 m) of cold freshwater, embedded on submerged lands of New York in the eastern basin of Lake Erie.
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 ...
The Great Lakes, also called the Great Lakes of North America, are a series of large interconnected freshwater lakes spanning the Canada–United States border.The five lakes are Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario (though hydrologically, Michigan and Huron are a single body of water; they are joined by the Straits of Mackinac).
The Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary is a United States National Marine Sanctuary on Lake Ontario off the coast of the U.S. state of New York. It protects 41 known historically significant shipwrecks spanning 200 years of American maritime history, as well as 19 potential shipwreck sites.
Shipwrecks in the Great Lakes. Politically, the Great Lakes and their region are divided between the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. See also Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum
One of the early steamships on the Great Lakes, [2] she carried passengers between Buffalo, New York and Chicago, Illinois. [2] She burned at Buffalo in 1867, but was rebuilt and returned to service. [3] In the 1880s she was converted into a three-masted schooner barge to haul freight.