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17 Fathom wreck |
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Admiral |
1942, Dec 2 |
14 died. Towing barge CLEVECO (qv), she encountered a heavy gale & began to founder. She radioed in, but C.G. was unable to locate her in the murk before she went down. Owned by Cleveland Tankers, Cleveland.
Wreck located by a commercial diver in 1969.
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Adventure |
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SS Algeria |
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Alva B. |
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America |
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Angler |
1893 |
A tug that caught fire and sank in Long Point. |
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PS Atlantic |
20 August 1852 |
Paddlewheel steamer rammed and sunk off Long Point in the fifth-worst single-vessel disaster to ever occur on the Great Lakes. |
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Arches |
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Argo |
October 20, 1937 |
tank barge sank off Pelee Island with cargo of oil, considered one of the greatest pollution risks on the Lakes[3] |
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Armenia |
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Aycliffe Hall |
1936 |
Sank off Long Point. |
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Bay Coal Schooner |
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Bow Cabin |
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British Lion |
1877 |
Ran aground off Long Point. The same storm claimed the Mediera and Elize A. Turner. |
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Brown Brothers |
1959 |
Sank off Long Point. |
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Brunswick |
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Canobie |
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Carlingford |
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Cascade |
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Case |
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C.B. Benson |
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C.B. Lockwood |
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Discovered to have sunk below Lake Erie's bottom[4] |
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Cecil J. |
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Charger |
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Charles B. Packard |
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Charles H. Davis |
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Charles Foster |
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City of Concord |
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City of Dresden |
1922 |
Ran aground off Long Point. |
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Clarion |
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Cleveco |
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Colonel Cook |
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Colonial |
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Conemaugh |
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Craftsman |
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Crete |
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David Stewart |
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David Vance |
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Dean Richmond |
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Dundee |
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Duke Luedtke |
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Eldorado |
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Elize A. Turner |
1877 |
Ran aground off Long Point. The same storm claimed the British Lion and Madiera. |
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Elphicke |
1913 |
Ran aground off Long Point. |
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Empire |
1870 |
Ran aground off Long Point. |
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Erieau Quarry Stone |
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F.A. Meyer |
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Fannie L. Jones |
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Frank E. Vigor |
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George Dunbar |
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George Stone |
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George Worthington |
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SS G. P. Griffith |
18 June 1850 |
Between 241 and 289 lives lost. Third-greatest loss of life in any Great Lakes shipping disaster. |
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Grand Traverse |
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H.A. Barr |
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Henry Roop |
12 October 1843 |
A schooner lost in a storm. |
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H.G. Cleveland |
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Hickory Stick |
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Idaho |
1897 |
Ran aground off Long Point. |
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Indiana |
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Isabella J. Boyce |
June 1917 |
A sandsucker which grounded on Middle Bass Island in Lake Erie, caught fire, and sunk in 10 feet (3.0 m) of water. No lives were lost. |
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Ivanhoe |
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James B. Colgate |
20 October 1916 |
A whaleback steamer that sank off Long Point, in a storm that also took the SS Merida (lake freighter). |
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James J. Reed |
1944 |
Sank off Long Point. |
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Jay Gould |
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Jennie P. King |
1866 |
Foundered off Long Point. |
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Jersey City |
1860 |
Foundered off Long Point. |
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J.G. McGrath |
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J.J. Boland Jr. |
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John B. Griffin |
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John B. Lyon |
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John Pridgeon Jr. |
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Jorge B. |
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Joseph Paige |
14 October 1893 |
Ran aground off Long Point, in a gale that also took the Wocoken. |
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Lawrence |
1921 |
Ran aground off Long Point. |
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Little Wissahickon |
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Lycoming |
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Mabel Wilson |
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Madiera |
1877 |
Ran aground off Long Point. The same storm claimed the British Lion and Elize A. Turner. |
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Magnet |
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Marquette & Bessemer No. 2 |
December 1909 |
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Marshall F. Butters |
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Mecosta |
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Merida |
16 October 1916 |
A Ward Line steamer that sank off Long Point in a storm that also took the James B. Colgate. |
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Morania |
29 October 1951 |
Also includes Penobscot. Closest shipwreck to Buffalo River |
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M.I. Wilcox |
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Morning Star |
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Mystic |
1907 |
Sank off Long Point. |
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New Brunswick |
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Niagara |
1899 |
Ran aground off Long Point. |
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North Carolina |
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Northern Indiana |
July 17, 1856 |
Caught fire near Point au Pelee, Lake Erie, while en route from Buffalo to Monroe, Michigan.[5] 56 lives lost. |
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Oneida |
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Oxford |
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Paddy Murphy |
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Pascal P. Pratt |
1908 |
Ran aground off Long Point. |
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Passaic |
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Penelope |
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Philip D. Armour |
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Philip Minch |
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Pochahontas |
1862 |
Foundered off Long Point. |
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Queen of the West |
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Raleigh |
29 November 1911 |
During a storm, the rudder broke and she ran aground about 1 mile off Wildwood Road, Sherkston, Ontario in 30 feet of water. |
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Rebecca Foster |
1857 |
Foundered off Long Point. |
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Robert |
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S.F. Gale |
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S.K. Martin |
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St. James |
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Sank of unknown cause off Long Point in Lake Erie; discovered 1984. |
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Sand Merchant |
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Sarah E. Sheldon |
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Siberia |
1883 |
A schooner that ran aground off Long Point. |
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Siberia |
1905 |
Ran aground off Long Point. |
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Smith |
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A tugboat that sank under tow off Long Point, Lake Erie. |
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Specular |
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Success |
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Sultan |
24 September 1864 |
Lost in a storm off of Cleveland |
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T-8 |
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Tasmania |
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Tire Reef |
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Trade Wind |
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A schooner that collided with the Sir Charles Napier off Long Point. |
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Tug Smith |
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Two Fannies |
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Unknown |
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Valentine |
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Washington Irving |
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Wild Rover |
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Foundered off Long Point. |
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William H. Vanderbilt |
1883 |
Ran aground off Long Point. |
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Willis |
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Wilma |
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Wocoken |
14 October 1893 |
Ran aground off Long Point in a gale that also took the Joseph Paige. |
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Young Phoenix |
1818 |
Sank off Long Point, Lake Erie. |
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Ship |
Sunk date |
Notes |
Coordinates |
Image |
Arabia |
October 1884 |
Barque that foundered of Echo Island near Tobermory, Ontario in 120 feet of water. |
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CC Martin |
1911 |
Tug lost with barge Albatross during storm off French River, one life lost. |
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SS Cedarville |
7 May 1965 |
A bulk carrier that collided with SS Topdalsfjord in the Straits of Mackinac. |
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Charles S. Price |
15 November 1913 |
Capsized in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913. Sighted floating upside-down November 10 1913 identified as Charles S. Price before it sank on November 15 1913. Wreck was not found until the 60s when it was found by Resbert R. Martin. |
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City of Grand Rapids |
29 October 1907 |
The City of Grand Rapids was a double decker passenger streamer that caught fire while docked in Little Tub Harbour. For the security of the harbour, the Grand Rapids was towed out into Georgian Bay and released to burn. From there she drifted to the head of Big Tub Harbour where she burnt to the waterline and sank. |
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Cornelia B. Windiate |
27 November 1875 |
Iced up and slowly sank in a storm after passing through the Straits of Mackinac. |
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SS Daniel J. Morrell |
29 November 1966 |
Broke in two in a storm on Lake Huron, with the aft section coming to rest five miles from the bow. |
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150px |
Emma L. Nielson |
26 June 1911 |
Collision in fog off Pointe Aux Barques. |
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Erie Belle |
21 November 1883 |
A steamship that exploded while attempting to rescue the stranded schooner J. N. Carter. |
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Exchange |
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Forest City |
5 June 1904 |
Ran aground in foggy weather near south east end of Bear's Rump Island in Georgian Bay near Tobermory. Smashed stem is in 60 feet and stern is at 150 feet depth. |
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Hunter Savidge |
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Capsized off Point Aux Barques. |
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SS Hydrus |
11 November 1913 |
Lost on Lake Huron during the Great Lakes Storm of 1913. Its wreck was discovered in July 2015.[6] |
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SS Isaac M. Scott |
9 November 1913 |
A lake freighter that sank in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913. |
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150px |
James C. King |
November 1901 |
While under tow by W.L.Wetmore, which was wrecked by a storm, the King was wrecked too at the north west end of Bonnet Island near Tobermory, Ontario in about 90 feet of water. |
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SS James Carruthers |
9 November 1913 |
Lost on Lake Huron during the Great Lakes Storm of 1913. |
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James Davidson |
4 October 1883 |
Wooden bulk freighter wrecked in shallow water off the coast of Thunder Bay Island while towing a consort-barge to Duluth. While still stranded, its engine and boiler were salvaged, and the rest of it has since broken up and separated about 35 feet underwater.[7] |
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John A. McGean |
1913 |
Lost in storm off Harbor Beach in Lake Huron in the Great Storm of 1913. Wreck discovered in 1985.[6] |
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SS Kaliyuga |
October 1905 |
A wooden steamship lost in a storm. |
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Lottie Wolf |
16 October 1891 |
This schooner broke up in gale force seas in shallow water about 200 feet of the Hope Island Lighthouse in about 30 feet of water near Midland, Ontario. |
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Maple Dawn |
30 November 1924 |
This steel freighter ran aground in a snow storm on the west side of Christian Island near Midland, Ontario. She is in 35 feet of water with part of the stem sticking out of the water. |
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Marine City |
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Wrecked north of Sturgeon Point Light. |
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Metamora |
30 September 1907 |
A wooden tug that sank near Pointe au Baril, Georgian Bay. |
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Michigan |
November 1943 |
While removing grain from the stranded Riverton at the north west end of Hope Island near Midland, Ontario, high winds blew her into shallow waters grounding her in 20 feet of water. |
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Monohansett |
23 November 1907 |
The wooden steam barge sank after catching fire near Thunder Bay Island in Lake Huron. As the wreck took place near the island's Life Saving Station, no lives were lost.[8] |
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SS Monrovia |
26 May 1959 |
A cargo ship that collided with SS Royalston north of Thunder Bay Island. |
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Philo Scoville |
October 1889 |
Wrecked during a storm and is in 100 feet at north east end of Bonnet Island near Tobermory, Ontario. |
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SS Regina |
10 November 1913 |
Lost on Lake Huron during the Great Lakes Storm of 1913. |
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Sweepstakes |
September 1885 |
A schooner that was damaged off Cove Island in August, then sank a month later in Big Tub Harbour, near Tobermory. |
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True North II |
16 June 2000 |
A glass-bottomed tour boat that sank in Georgian Bay, killing two students. |
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Typo |
14 October 1899 |
The wooden three-masted schooner was run down by the steamer W.P. Ketcham. The ship sank immediately and the four crew on board drowned.[9] |
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PS Waubuno |
22 November 1879 |
A side-wheel paddle steamer lost in a storm in Georgian Bay. |
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W.L. Wetmore |
November 1901 |
Wrecked in a storm at the west end of Bonnet Island in about 30 feet of water, neatr Tobermory, Ontario. |
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SS Wexford |
9 November 1913 |
Lost on Lake Huron during the Great Lakes Storm of 1913. |
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Ship |
Sunk date |
Notes |
Coordinates |
SS Alpena |
15 October 1880 |
A sidewheel steamer that capsized in a storm. |
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S.S. Chicora |
January 1895 |
A steamer that went missing in Lake Michigan |
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Alvin Clark |
19 June 1864 |
A schooner that sank off the shore of Chambers Island. It was raised in 1969 and taken to Menominee, where it became a tourist attraction. However, it quickly deteriorated, and was demolished in 1994 to make way for a parking lot. |
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SS Anna C. Minch |
11 November 1940 |
A cargo carrier that broke in two and sank during the Armistice Day Blizzard. |
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SS Appomattox |
2 November 1905 |
A bulk cargo steamship that ran aground in fog. |
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The Brick |
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SS Carl D. Bradley |
18 November 1958 |
A self-unloading Great Lakes freighter caught in a vicious storm on Lake Michigan. |
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Christina Nilsson |
23 October 1884 |
A schooner that sank in a blizzard off Baileys Harbor. |
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Continental |
1904 |
A bulk carrier that sank off the coast of Two Rivers. |
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Daniel Lyons |
17 October 1878 |
A schooner that collided with the Kate Gillett off Algoma. |
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SS Eber Ward |
20 April 1909 |
A cargo ship that foundered in heavy ice west of Mackinaw City. |
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Erie L. Hackley |
3 October 1903 |
A cargo liner that sank in a storm near Green Island, Wisconsin. |
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"Eastland" |
24 July 1915 |
Rolled over in the Chicago River in Chicago, Illinois. |
Fleetwing |
26 September 1888 |
A schooner that ran aground off the coast of Liberty Grove. |
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SS Francisco Morazan |
29 November 1960 |
Grounded and became a total loss in 1960 off the south shore of South Manitou Island. She ran over the wreck of the bulk freighter SS Walter L Frost. |
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Frank O'Connor |
3 October 1919 |
A bulk carrier that caught fire and sank off the coast of North Bay. |
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Gallinipper |
1851 |
A schooner that sank in a gale off the coast of Centerville. |
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Green Bay |
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An unidentified sloop off the coast of Sevastopol, believed to date from 1840-1860. |
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Grace Channon |
1877 |
A three-masted wooden schooner that collided with the propeller tug Favourite 12 miles south of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[10] |
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Hennepin (shipwreck) |
18 August 1927 |
The first self-unloading bulk carrier; sprang a leak off the east coast of Lake Michigan. |
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Home |
1858 |
A schooner that collided with the William Fiske off the coast of Centerville. |
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Iris |
1913 |
A schooner that ran aground off the coast of Washington Island. |
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Joys |
23 December 1898 |
A steamboat that caught fire at anchor in the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal. |
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Lady Elgin |
8 September 1860 |
A steamship wrecked in Lake Michigan near Chicago following a collision with the schooner Augusta. The greatest loss of life on open water in the Great Lakes. |
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Louisiana |
8 November 1913 |
A steamboat that caught fire in a snowstorm off Washington. |
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L.R. Doty |
25 October 1898 |
A steamship lost in a violent storm while towing the Olive Jeanette. |
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Lumberman |
6 April 1893 |
A schooner that sank in a storm off the coast of Oak Creek. |
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Meridian |
October 1873 |
A schooner that sank off the coast off Sister Bay. |
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SS Milwaukee |
22 October 1929 |
Train ferry that sank in a storm off Milwaukee with the loss of all hands. |
Mount Vernon |
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Niagara |
23 September 1856 |
A palace steamer that caught fire and sank off Belgium, Wisconsin. |
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Northerner |
29 November 1868 |
A schooner that capsized off Port Washington. |
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Ocean Wave |
23 September 1869 |
A scow schooner that sank in a storm off the coast of Door County. |
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Phoenix |
21 November 1847 |
Wooden steamship that caught fire from over-stoked boilers and burned to the waterline off the coast of Sheboygan, WI, killing at least 190 but perhaps more than 250 of the nearly 300 souls on board. 39 people survived in lifeboats and three were rescued from the water.[11] |
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R. J. Hackett |
12 November 1905 |
The first Great Lakes freighter; caught fire, ran aground and sank in Green Bay. |
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Rosinco |
19 September 1928 |
A luxury yacht that sank off the coast of Kenosha. |
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Rouse Simmons |
23 November 1912 |
Sunk in a storm on Lake Michigan with its cargo of Christmas trees. |
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Tennie and Laura |
2 August 1903 |
A scow schooner that sank off Port Washington. |
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Three Brothers |
27 September 1911 |
A lumber freighter that took on water and was driven aground on South Manitou Island. |
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SS William B. Davock |
11 November 1940 |
Sank near Pentwater in the Armistice Day Blizzard. |
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SS Wisconsin |
October 1929 |
A steamboat that sank off the coast of Kenosha. |
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Ship |
Sunk date |
Notes |
Coordinates |
Alberta |
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A Lake tug with the appearance of an Alligator Tug from the Ottawa River logging days, sank near Bay of Quinte. |
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Aloha |
1917 |
Sunk while in tow of the CW Chamberlain off Nine Mile Point |
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Annie Falconer |
1904 |
A schooner that sank in a storm en route to Picton. One crew member perished of exposure upon reaching Amherst Island. |
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Augustus |
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A schooner that sank en route to be scuttled during the 1937 Portsmouth harbour cleanup. |
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Bay State |
November 4, 1862 |
Screw propeller, sank in storm. Wreck discovered August 2015[12] |
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China |
1872 |
A small steamer that caught fire and sank off False Duck Island, six months after launching. |
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City of Sheboygan |
1925 |
Sank in a storm off Amherst Island with the loss of 5 people. |
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Comet |
1861 |
A paddlewheeler that sunk in a collision with the schooner Exchange off Nine Mile Point, with the loss of 2 lives. |
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Cornwall |
1931 |
A paddlewheeler scuttled in the Amherst Island graveyard. |
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Dominion |
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Dredge Islander |
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A dredge scuttled in the Snake Island graveyard after harbour cleanup in the 1930s. |
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Dupont Salvage Scow |
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Scuttled near Dupont Point, perhaps after the Elevator Bay cleanup. |
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Effie Mae |
1993 |
A charter boat that was scuttled beside the Aloha for a diving attraction |
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Empress |
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A steamer scuttled in the Amherst Island Graveyard. Real name unknown. |
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Frontenac |
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Tug. |
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George A. Marsh |
17 August 1917 |
A schooner that was sunk during a heavy gale off Pigeon Island. Twelve of fourteen crew and passengers died.[13] |
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George T Davie |
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Barge. |
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Glendora |
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A steamer that was scuttled in the Amherst Island Graveyard. Real name unknown. |
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USS Hamilton |
8 August 1813 |
A US Navy schooner that sunk in a squall off Fourteen Mile Creek. A US sister ship the Scourge sank in the same squall. |
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Hilda |
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Wrecker. |
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Katie Eccles |
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Ran aground near Kingston on Lake Ontario. |
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KPH Wreck |
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A flat barge 100' long that sank near Kingston Psychiatric Hospital. |
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Londonderry |
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Wrecker. |
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Maple Glen |
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Steamer. |
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Marine Museum 2 |
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Scow. |
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Mark One |
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Tug. |
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Monkey Wrench |
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A schooner that was scuttled in the Amherst Island Graveyard. Real name unknown. |
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Munson |
30 April 1890 |
A dredger that sank in 4 minutes due to leaking plank, off Lemoine Point.[14] |
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Nisbet Grammer |
26 May 1926 |
A lake freighter that sank in a collision with the Dalwarnic off Somerset. |
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SS Noronic |
17 September 1949 |
A Great Lakes cruise ship that burned and sank at Toronto dock, with over 100 passengers killed. |
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Ocean Wave |
1853 |
Paddlewheeler. |
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Olive Branch |
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Schooner. |
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Oliver Mowat |
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Schooner. |
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HMS Ontario |
31 October 1780 |
A British 22-gun brig-sloop sunk in a storm on Lake Ontario, discovered in 2008. The oldest shipwreck ever found on the Great Lakes. |
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St. Peter |
27 October 1898 |
A schooner that was wrecked near Pultneyville. |
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Queen Mary |
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A steamer that was scuttled in the Amherst Island Graveyard. Real name unknown. |
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R.H. Rae |
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Schooner. |
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Ricky's Tug |
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Scuttled in the Amherst Island Graveyard. Real name unknown. |
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HMS St Lawrence |
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A wooden warship that served in the War of 1812. The ship was decommissioned and her hull was used as a storage facility by Morton's Brewery in Kingston. In January 1832, the hull was sold to Robert Drummond for £25. Later, it was sunk close to shore, and is now a popular diving attraction. |
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S.M. Douglas |
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A former White Star dredger. |
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HMS Speedy |
8 October 1804 |
A schooner that sank off Brighton, Lake Ontario. |
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USS Sylph |
1823 |
A schooner that served in the War of 1812. |
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Terry's Tug |
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Tug. |
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HMS Toronto |
1811 |
A schooner that sank off Hanlan's Point, Toronto Islands, Lake Ontario. |
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Unknown |
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Waterlily |
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Steam barge. |
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William Jamieson |
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Schooner. |
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William Johnston |
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A tug that sank off 9-Mile Point. |
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HMS Wolfe (later HMS Montreal) |
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A freshwater sloop of war that served in the War of 1812. She was ordered broken up and sold in 1831, and is presumed to have rotted and sunk at Kingston. The wreck, identified as HMS Montreal by Parks Canada in 2006, lies near the Royal Military College of Canada. |
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Wolfe Islander II |
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Car ferry. |
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Ship |
Sunk date |
Notes |
Coordinates |
SS Algoma |
7 November 1885 |
Ran aground off the shore of Mott Island. |
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Amboy |
1905 |
Ran aground during the Mataafa Storm of 1905. |
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SS America |
7 June 1928 |
A passenger and delivery ship that ran aground on a reef off the shore of Isle Royale. |
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SS Arlington |
1 May 1940 |
A steamship that broke apart in heavy seas. |
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SS Benjamin Noble |
28 April 1914 |
Lost off Duluth; found 2004.[15] |
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Big Bay sloop |
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Unidentified sloop believed to date from 1880-1920. |
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Chester A. Congdon |
6 November 1918 |
A bulk steel freighter that ran aground in fog off Isle Royale. |
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City of Ashland |
8 August 1887 |
A steam powered tugboat, which caught fire near the shore of its namesake city, Ashland, Wisconsin. |
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City of Bangor |
30 November 1926 |
A steamer that was stranded in a storm with a cargo of 248 Chryslers. |
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Comet |
26 August 1875 |
Cargo and passenger steamship that suffered a series of maritime accidents before her final collision with the Manitoba in Whitefish Bay. |
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SS Cumberland |
25 July 1887 |
A paddlewheeler that struck a reef near Rock of Ages Light. |
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SS Cyprus |
11 October 1907 |
A lake freighter that capsized near Deer Park. |
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SS Edmund Fitzgerald |
10 November 1975 |
Lost in a storm on Lake Superior, the Fitzgerald is one of the largest ships to have sunk in the Great Lakes. The exact cause of the disaster has never been made clear, and has been the subject of much discussion. |
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SS Emperor |
4 June 1947 |
A freighter that ran aground off Isle Royale. |
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SS Glenlyon |
1 November 1924 |
A freighter that ran aground off Menagerie Island. |
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Gunilda |
11 August 1911 |
A yacht that ran up on McGarvey's Shoals, Lake Superior. |
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Harriet B |
May 3, 1922 |
Lost off Two Harbors after being rammed in fog. |
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SS Henry B. Smith |
10 November 1913 |
Lost in Lake Superior during the Great Lakes Storm of 1913. |
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SS Henry Chisholm |
20 October 1898 |
A wooden freighter that sank off the shore of Isle Royale. |
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SS Henry Steinbrenner |
11 May 1953 |
Great Lakes freighter lost in Lake Superior. |
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Hesper |
1905, May 3 |
A Wooden bulk-freighter steamship that sank in a snowstorm at Silver Bay. |
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Ira H Owen |
November 28, 1905 |
Early steel steamer lost off Outer Island with all hands |
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Invincible |
1816 |
A wooden ship employed in the fur trade by the Northwest Company. It sank in a storm. Generally considered to be the first ship to sink in the Great Lakes.[16] |
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SS John B. Cowle (1902) |
12 July 1909 |
Sank in Whitefish Bay with the loss of 14 lives after colliding with the Isaac M. Scott.[17] |
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John M. Osborn |
27 July 1884 |
Wooden steam barge rammed by 'terror of the lakes' Alberta. |
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SS Kamloops |
7 December 1927 |
A Canadian canaller that sank off Isle Royale. |
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Lambton |
18 April 1922 |
Canadian lighthouse tender that sank in Whitefish Bay |
Lucerne |
November 1886 |
A commercial schooner that sank off the coast of Long Island. |
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Madeira |
28 November 1905 |
A casualty of the Mataafa Storm in 1905. |
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Marquette |
1903 |
A bulk freighter that sank off Michigan Island. |
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May Flower |
June 2, 1891 |
2 mast scow-schooner capsized off the Lester River |
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Miztec |
13 May 1921 |
A schooner barge that survived the 1919 storm that took her partner, the SS Myron. The Miztec's good fortune ended when she sank in 1921 with the loss of all hands. She came to rest next to the Myron. |
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SS M.M. Drake |
2 October 1901 |
Sank off Vermilion Point on Lake Superior.[17] |
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SS Monarch |
6 December 1906 |
A passenger and delivery freighter lost in a storm off Isle Royale. |
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Moonlight |
September 1903 |
A schooner that sank off the coast of Michigan Island. |
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SS Myron |
23 November 1919 |
Lumber hooker lost in a storm on Lake Superior. |
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Niagra |
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Large wooden rafting tug ran aground at Knife Island |
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Noquebay |
6 October 1905 |
A wooden schooner that caught fire and sank off Stockton Island. |
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Ottawa |
13 November 1909 |
A tugboat that caught fire after rescuing a stranded steamboat. |
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Pretoria |
1905 |
A schooner-barge that sank off Outer Island in 1905. |
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USS Puritan |
27 May 1933 |
A commercial steamship (renamed George M. Cox in 1933) that struck a reef near Rock of Ages Light. |
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R.G. Stewart |
4 June 1899 |
A commercial Packet steamer that caught fire and sank off the coast of Michigan Island. |
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SS Sagamore |
29 July 1901 |
A whaleback barge, sank in a collision with Northern Queen near Iroquois Point in Whitefish Bay. |
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SS Samuel Mather |
21 November 1891 |
Sank in a collision with the Brazil off Iroquois Point in Whitefish Bay with no loss of life.[17] |
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Samuel P. Ely |
30 October 1896 |
A schooner lost off Two Harbors |
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SS Scotiadoc |
20 June 1953 |
Rammed by the freighter Burlington in heavy fog off Trowbridge Island, near the Sleeping Giant. |
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Sevona |
2 September 1905 |
A steamboat that ran aground off the coast of Sand Island. |
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SS Superior City |
20 August 1920 |
Collided with Willis L. King in Whitefish Bay. |
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T.H. Camp |
16 November 1900 |
A wooden tugboat that sank between Madeline and Basswood Islands. |
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Thomas Wilson |
7 June 1902 |
Struck by the wooden steamer George Hadley and sunk one mile (1.6 km) out of the canal. |
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SS Vienna |
17 September 1892 |
Rammed by Nipigon in Whitefish Bay. |
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