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Map of South Manitou Island, showing the position of Francisco Morazan. Photo of the shipwreck. On 21 October 1960, Francisco Morazan began what was to be her last voyage from Miami, Florida. She sailed to Montreal and Toronto, [10] where she unloaded a cargo of phosphates. [9] Francisco Morazan then sailed to Chicago, arriving there in mid ...
South Manitou Island (/ m æ ˈ n ə t u / MAN-ə-too) is located in Lake Michigan, approximately 16 miles (26 km) west of Leland, Michigan. [2] It is part of Leelanau County and the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. The uninhabited island is 8.277 sq mi (21.44 km 2) in land area and can be accessed by a ferry service from Leland. Guided ...
The remains of the Walter L. Frost lie in relatively shallow water off the coast of South Manitou Island at depths ranging from 10 to 40 feet (3.0 to 12.2 m). [2] The wreck is mostly scattered, but divers can still explore remnants of the hull, the boilers, and the steam engine.
The Manitou Passage Underwater Preserve is a preservation area in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located in Lake Michigan, it completely surrounds North Manitou Island and South Manitou Island. It includes much of that portion of Lake Michigan that borders the federally protected Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. [1]
Stranded off South Manitou Island. Her carcass was struck by and caused the sinking of the cargo ship Francisco Morazan in 1960. W. C. Kimball: May 1891 sixty-five-foot (20 m) wooden schooner sunk off South Manitou Island; wreck in excellent condition. [27] Westmoreland: 1854 Wreck was discovered in 2010 in Platte Bay, near Traverse City ...
The USS Amesbury was at the invasion of Normandy in World War II.
The schooner capsized in Lake Michigan in a squall and was driven ashore on South Manitou Island with the loss of her entire crew. [47] [48] W.H. Gilcher United States: The lake freighter sank during the night of 28–29 October in Lake Michigan somewhere near North Manitou Island with the loss of her entire crew, variously reported as 18 or 22 ...
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