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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Even for the Thunder Bay area, a perilous swath of northern Lake Huron off the Michigan coast that has devoured many a ship, the Ironton’s fate seems particularly ...
Between 1875 and 1926, she was found capsized twice in Lake Michigan, with no signs of her crews. In 1875, a car ferry crossing the lake discovered the schooner floating upside down. The ten-man crew who departed with the boat were never found. The ship was then turned over and returned to her port in Milwaukee, where she remained in service. [16]
Alvin Clark was a schooner that sailed the Great Lakes for almost two decades. Constructed in 1846 or 1847, it sank during a storm in Green Bay in 1864. It was salvaged in 1969 and moored in Menominee, Michigan, at the Mystery Ship Seaport, located in the Menominee River at the foot of Sixth Avenue.
The S.H. Lathrop was abandoned and scuttled near Alpena, Michigan on May 14, 1902. [83] [145: Not listed Spud barge Wooden barge Unknown Circa 1937 1 foot (0.30 m) Unidentified wooden barge abandoned sometime in the late 1930s. [146
The 244-foot SS Arlington was lying under 650 feet of water around 35 miles north of Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula for 84 years and was only found after a dogged shipwreck hunter kept up the ...
It is near tiny Poverty Island in northwestern Lake Michigan and about 50 feet below the water's surface. The Griffin is believed to be the first ship of European design to sail the upper Great Lakes.
Ship Year Possible or Last Known Location SS: Baychimo: 1969: Ghost ship last sighted in 1969 in Beaufort Sea off Alaska. [10] SS: Bannockburn: 1902: Lost on Lake Superior 21 November 1902 SS: Chicora: 1895: Lake freighter that sank on 21 January 1895 in Lake Michigan. [11] SS: D.M. Clemson: 1908: Lake freighter vanished in a violent Lake ...
The ship is so well-preserved that you can see details like the wheel, and even dishes inside the deck house. A 142-year-old sunken ship has been found in Lake Michigan Skip to main content