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Lost on Lake Huron during the Great Lakes Storm of 1913. Its wreck was discovered in July 2015. [13] Ironton: 26 September 1894 A schooner that sank in a collision with the wooden freighter Ohio. Isaac M. Scott United States: 9 November 1913 A lake freighter that sank in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913
One of the largest wooden ships ever built, she mostly carried iron ore east on the Great Lakes and returned with coal. Ran aground in a fog bank in November 1905. [68] Part of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Sites of Wisconsin MPS; boundary enlarged November 16, 2015. 6: Arctic Shipwreck (tug) Arctic Shipwreck (tug) June 22, 2018
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In early 1819 a party from Volunteer investigated the wreck, finding it on the rocks, full of water, with hundreds of Haida on board or nearby, determined to repel any attempt to salvage anything. [4] USC&GS Carlile P. Patterson United States: 11 December 1938 A research vessel that ran ashore in the Gulf of Alaska. City of Seattle: 15 August 1912
Shipwrecks in the Great Lakes. Politically, the Great Lakes and their region are divided between the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. See also Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum
The Abandoned Shipwrecks Act (Pub. L. 100-298; 43 U.S.C. §§ 2101–2106), also known as the Abandoned Shipwrecks Act of 1987, was passed into law due to severe damage to some 3,000 historic wrecks in the Great Lakes and off the US coasts that had been salvaged, and in some cases ruined, by treasure hunters in the 1970s. [1]
Storms that claimed multiple ships include the Mataafa Storm in November 1905 and the Great Lakes Storm of 1913. Due to the cold and fresh water, wrecks are often in quite good condition even after centuries underwater. [5] A documentary has been made, about the Graveyard of the Great Lakes, [7] as had a piece on Apple TV. [8]
"Great Lakes Vessel Wrecks". Maritime History of the Great Lakes "The Great Storm of 1913: Vessels Totally Destroyed" (PDF). Newsletter, Winter 2003, Save Ontario Shipwrecks, Inc. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 24, 2005 "Great Lakes Vessels Online Index".