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The DeTour Passage Underwater Preserve is a preservation area in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located in Lake Huron, it completely surrounds Drummond Island and includes all of DeTour Passage and adjacent sections of Lake Huron and the St. Mary's River. [1]
Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve is a United States National Marine Sanctuary on Lake Huron's Thunder Bay, within the northeastern region of the U.S. state of Michigan. It protects an estimated 116 historically significant shipwrecks ranging from nineteenth-century wooden side-wheelers to twentieth-century steel ...
Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve is a United States National Marine Sanctuary on Lake Huron's Thunder Bay, within the northeastern region of the U.S. state of Michigan. It protects an estimated 116 historically significant shipwrecks ranging from nineteenth-century wooden side-wheeler paddle steamers to twentieth ...
The wreck was not located until 1986. She lies in 210 feet (64 m) of water, and much of the below deck area is accessible to divers. [5] It sits angled on the lake bottom with its starboard side pointing up towards the surface. There is large opening from the collision amidships.
Pieces of a downed Tuskegee Airmen P-39 fighter plane are being hauled from Lake Huron to preserve history at the Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum.
The cold, fresh water of Lake Huron has kept the wreck well preserved, and the ship looks much as she did during the 1850s, with both masts (including crosstrees) intact and upright. The wreck lists twenty degrees to the starboard side. [3] The ship's wheel, steering gear and rudder are intact, as are two bilge pumps and the main winch and capstan.
The Sanilac Shores Underwater Preserve was established to promote conservation of the submerged historical resources in Lake Huron near Port Sanilac, Michigan. The Sanilac Shores Underwater Preserve spans a total of 163 square miles (420 km 2 ) of Lake Huron .
The Thumb Area Underwater Preserve is a preservation area in Lake Huron in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is 276 square miles (710 km 2 ) in size and is located off Michigan's Thumb north of Detroit .