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The 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
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
Great Lakes
The Great Lakes, also called the Great Lakes of North America, are a series of large interconnected freshwater lakes in the mid-east region of North America that connect to the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint Lawrence River. There are five 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
The Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum is located at the Whitefish Point Light Station north of Paradise in Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The light station property was transferred to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society (GL ...
approximates 6,000 ships and 30,000 lives lost,, 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
Whitefish Point is a cape of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, United States, marking the entry point of Whitefish Bay. It is north of the unincorporated community of Paradise, Michigan.
Whitefish Point is known for the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum, i ...
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 PlacesReferences
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
The Great Lakes, also called the Great Lakes of North America, are a series of large interconnected freshwater lakes in the mid-east region of North America that connect to the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint Lawrence River. There are five lakes ...
Great Lakes
The Great Lakes, also called the Great Lakes of North America, are a series of large interconnected freshwater lakes in the mid-east region of North America that connect to the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint Lawrence River. There are five lakes ...
Great Lakes shipwrecks
Shipwrecks
A shipwreck is the wreckage of a ship that is located either beached on land or sunken to the bottom of a body of water. Shipwrecking may be intentional or unintentional. Angela Croome reported in January 1999 that there were approximately ...
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