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The steamer sank north of Huron, Ohio in a storm. City of Dresden Canada: 18 November 1922 Ran aground off Long Point. Clarion United States: 8 December 1909 The passenger ship ran aground in a heavy gale and burned on the south east shoal of Lake Erie. Cleveco United States: 3 December 1942
The steamer broke down in heavy Lake Huron seas around 12:30 a.m. the morning of Sept. 26. The Ironton and the Moonlight disconnected their tow lines and drifted apart, with the Ironton crew ...
SS Daniel J. Morrell was a 603-foot (184 m) Great Lakes freighter that broke up in a strong storm on Lake Huron on 29 November 1966, taking with her 28 of her 29 crewmen. The freighter was used to carry bulk cargoes such as iron ore but was running with only ballast when the 60-year-old ship sank.
In 1873, a lighthouse was constructed near the southwest end of Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron, manned by a resident keeper. A shipwreck was on the adjacent shore a mile north of the Mississagi lighthouse on Manitoulin Island. [15] In 1887, four skeletons were discovered in a depression behind a boulder, and two more in another nearby ...
Lake Huron, 10.35 miles (16.66 km) east-southeast of Presque Isle Museum: Presque Isle Township: The Norman was built in 1890 by the Globe Iron Works in Cleveland, Ohio. She was one of the first propeller-driven steel lakers that hauled iron and coal on the Great Lakes.
The wreck of Regina was discovered in 1986 in Lake Huron between Lexington and Port Sanilac, Michigan. [3] [11] The wreck is largely intact but is upside down and in about 77–80 feet (23–24 m) of water. She was discovered by Wayne Brusate, Colette Witherspoon, Garry Biniecki and John Severance.
It is free for residents of the city of Port Huron, Fort Gratiot and Port Huron Township. Fort Gratiot Light Station is located at 2802 Omar St. Admission into the light station is free.
The ship was lost on Lake Huron on November 9, 1913 during the Great Lakes storm of 1913. Under the commander of captain Paul Dutch, the Argus headed north into Lake Huron, with a load of coal. A little over 13 miles north of Point Aux Barques, the ship broke in two and sank with the loss of all 25 hands.