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The Great Lakes, a collection of five freshwater lakes located in North America, have been sailed upon since at least the 17th century, and thousands of ships have been sunk while traversing them. Many of these ships were never found, so the exact number of shipwrecks in the Lakes is unknown; the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum approximates 6,000 ships and 30,000 lives lost,Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum
, accessed 28 Feb 2009 while historian and mariner Mark Thompson has estimated that the total number of wrecks is likely more than 25,000. In the period between 1816, when the ''Invincible'' was lost, to the sinking of the ''Edmund Fitzgerald'' in 1975, the Whitefish Point area alone has claimed at least 240 ships.
The Great Lakes Shipwreck File
a list maintained by David D. Swayze which details over 4,900 shipwrecks.
by the Wayback Machine.)
Great Lakes Hold Fortune in Treasure
''Port Light'', Volume 3, Number 43, Door County, Wisconsin, November 15, 1945, page 3
, accessed 28 Feb 2009 while historian and mariner Mark Thompson has estimated that the total number of wrecks is likely more than 25,000. In the period between 1816, when the ''Invincible'' was lost, to the sinking of the ''Edmund Fitzgerald'' in 1975, the Whitefish Point area alone has claimed at least 240 ships.
Lake Superior
Lake Huron
Lake Michigan
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
Largest wrecks
See also
* List of shipwrecks of western Lake Superior *List of Great Lakes shipwrecks on the National Register of Historic Places
This is a list of shipwrecks on the Great Lakes of North America that are listed on the ''National Register of Historic Places''. The locations of National Register properties for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, ma ...
References
External links
The Great Lakes Shipwreck File
a list maintained by David D. Swayze which details over 4,900 shipwrecks.
by the Wayback Machine.)
Great Lakes Hold Fortune in Treasure
''Port Light'', Volume 3, Number 43, Door County, Wisconsin, November 15, 1945, page 3
Further reading
* Thumbnail histories, descriptions and locations of more than 1,000 Great Lakes shipwrecks located to date. * . A guide to hundreds of northern Lake Michigan shipwrecks. * Detailed stories of 100 significant shipwrecks, plus, in appendices, brief information about several hundreds more. * Detailed stories of 100 significant shipwrecks, plus, in appendices, brief information about several hundreds more. * Identifies 110 wreck locations. * Identifies 103 wreck locations. * Identifies 45 wreck locations. {{DEFAULTSORT:Shipwrecks in the Great Lakes * Great Lakes Great Lakes Great Lakes shipwrecks Shipwrecks Michigan transportation-related lists