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The SS Marquette was a wooden-hulled, American Great Lakes freighter built in 1881, that sank on Lake Superior, five miles east of Michigan Island, Ashland County, Wisconsin, Apostle Islands, United States on October 15, 1903. [2] On the day of February 13, 2008 the remains of the Marquette were listed on the National Register of Historic ...
SS Marquette was a British troopship of 7,057 tons which was torpedoed and sunk in the Aegean Sea 36 nautical miles (67 km) south of Salonica, Greece on 23 October 1915 by SM U-35, with the loss of 167 lives.
International (1872), built for Grand Trunk, later in use for Pere Marquette on St. Clair River from 1903–27 Pere Marquette 10 (built 1945), in use as ferry until 1974, in use as barge until 1995 Pere Marquette 12 (1927), sold to Canadian National in 1969, renamed St. Clair , converted to barge 1980s, in use until 1995
The SS Pewabic was a package freighter that served ports on the Upper Great Lakes. She was launched in October 1863, fitted out in the spring of 1864, and was in active service until she sank off Thunder Bay Island in Lake Huron on August 9, 1865, due to collision with her sister vessel.
The main stream of this river is 63.9 miles (102.8 km) long, [1] running from Lake County south of Baldwin into the Pere Marquette Lake, and from there into Lake Michigan. [2] This river is named after the French Roman Catholic missionary Jacques Marquette, who explored the Great Lakes and Mississippi River areas during the mid-17th century. He ...
A diver over the wreck of SS New Orleans. Tied to the sanctuary is the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center. The museum, located in Alpena on the Thunder Bay River, features exhibits about local shipwrecks and the Great Lakes, an auditorium, an archaeological conservation laboratory, and education areas.
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The Marquette Underwater Preserve was established in 1990 to promote conservation of the submerged historical resources in Lake Superior near Marquette, Michigan.The preserve is composed of two separate units, the Marquette Unit and the Huron Islands Unit.