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Since the 19th century, there have been several losses in both the Minnesota (north shore) and the Wisconsin (south shore) portion of western Lake Superior. Out of the known shipwrecks in the region, 25 of them are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [1] [2] [3] This list includes both shipwrecks in Lake Superior and the Saint ...
The 50-year-old man from Embarrass, Minn., who was a trained scuba diver, was helping a group of people pull the object out of Crane Lake when he went under the water just before 12:15 p.m. but ...
Diving fatality data published in Diving Medicine for Scuba Divers (2015) [3] 90% died with their weight belt on. 86% were alone when they died (either diving solo or separated from their buddy). 50% did not inflate their buoyancy compensator. 25% first got into difficulty on the surface; 50% died on the surface. 10% were under training when ...
Madeira was a schooner barge that sank off the coast of Minnesota in Lake Superior on November 28, 1905. A schooner barge is a type of ship that functions like a barge, in that it is towed by a steamship, but also has sails like a schooner. This type of ship evolved from wooden sailing ships that were cut down into barges and towed behind ...
A scuba diver who had been reported missing died Saturday after being rescued off the coast of Laguna Beach in Orange County, authorities said. Scuba diver dies after being rescued off the coast ...
White Star Quarry in Gibsonburg is considered one of the top inland scuba diving spots in Northern Ohio, but it was struck by tragedy on Aug. 1 when a 63-year-old veteran diver died during what ...
Disappeared on Lake Superior on 1 December 1908. Edmund Fitzgerald United States: 10 November 1975 Sunk in a storm on Lake Superior, Edmund Fitzgerald is one of the largest ships to have sunk in the Great Lakes. The exact cause of the disaster has never been made clear, and has been the subject of much discussion.
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.