List of shipwrecks in the Great Lakes
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,[1] while historian and mariner Mark Thompson has estimated that the total number of wrecks is likely more than 25,000.[2] 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.[2]
Map of the shipwrecks in the Great Storm of 1913
Lake Superior
| Ship | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 115 | 18 December 1899 | Stranded on Pic Island. | 48°41′53.48″N 86°39′16.48″W |  |
| Algoma | 7 November 1885 | Ran aground off the shore of Mott Island. | 48°6′41″N 88°31′55″W |  |
| Amboy | 1905 | Ran aground during the Mataafa Storm of 1905. | 47°28.674′N 90°59.898′W | |
| America | 7 June 1928 | A passenger and delivery ship that ran aground on a reef off the shore of Isle Royale. | 47°53′39″N 89°13′15″W | |
| Antelope | 7 October 1897 | Schooner-barge sank near Apostle Islands. Wreck discovered in 2016 near Michigan Island[3] | 46.818°N 90.452333°W | |
| Arlington | 1 May 1940 | A steamship that broke apart in heavy seas. | 48.458°N 87.670°W | |
| Bannockburn | 21 November 1902 | A steel-hulled freighter that went missing on Lake Superior. | ||
| Benjamin Noble | 28 April 1914 | Lost off Duluth; found 2004.[4] | 46°56′N 91°40′W | |
| Big Bay sloop | Unidentified sloop believed to date from 1880-1920. | 46.805167°N 90.640667°W | ||
| Chester A. Congdon | 6 November 1918 | A bulk steel freighter that ran aground in fog off Isle Royale. | 48°11′36″N 88°30′52″W | |
| City of Ashland | 8 August 1887 | A steam powered tugboat, which caught fire near the shore of its namesake city, Ashland, Wisconsin. | ||
| City of Bangor | 30 November 1926 | A steamer that was stranded in a storm with a cargo of 248 Chryslers. | ||
| 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. | 46°43.02′N 84°52.00′W | |
| Cumberland | 25 July 1887 | A paddlewheeler that struck a reef near Rock of Ages Light. | 47°51′28″N 89°19′32″W | |
| Cyprus | 11 October 1907 | A lake freighter that capsized near Deer Park. | 46.79°N 85.60°W | |
| D.M. Clemson | 1 December 1908 | Went missing on Lake Superior on 1 December 1908. | ||
| 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. | 46°59.91′N 85°06.61′W | |
| Emperor | 4 June 1947 | A freighter that ran aground off Isle Royale. | 48°12′2″N 88°29′30″W | |
| USS Essex | 13 October 1931 | A decommissioned U.S. Navy steam sloop that was scrapped and burned to the waterline. Her hull is the only surviving remnant of a vessel built by Donald McKay.[5] | 46°42′46″N 92°01′43″W | |
| George Spencer | 28 November 1905 | A wooden freighter that ran aground in the Mataafa Storm of 1905. | 47°28.41′N 90°59.59′W | |
| Glenlyon | 1 November 1924 | A freighter that ran aground off Menagerie Island. | 47°57′8″N 88°44′53″W | |
| Gunilda | 11 August 1911 | A yacht that ran up on McGarvey Shoal, Lake Superior. | 48.78425°N 87.42235°W | |
| George M. Cox | May 1933 | A ship that ran aground on a calm day. | ||
| Harriet B. | 3 May 1922 | Lost off Two Harbors after being rammed in fog. | 46.966667°N 91.7°W | |
| Henry B. Smith | 10 November 1913 | Lost in Lake Superior during the Great Lakes Storm of 1913. | 46.914°N 87.333°W | |
| Henry Chisholm | 20 October 1898 | A wooden freighter that sank off the shore of Isle Royale. | 47°51′28″N 89°19′32″W | |
| Henry Steinbrenner | 11 May 1953 | Great Lakes freighter lost in Lake Superior. | ||
| Hesper | 3 May 1905 | A Wooden bulk-freighter steamship that sank in a snowstorm at Silver Bay. | 47°16′17″N 91°16′18″W | |
| Hudson | 16 September 1901 | An steel-hulled steamer that was lost with all hands off Eagle Harbor; Wreck discovered 2019 off Eagle River | 47.583333°N 88.166667°W | |
| Iosco | 2 September 1905 | A wooden steamer that sank near the Huron Islands | ||
| Ira H. Owen | 28 November 1905 | Early steel steamer lost off Outer Island with all hands | ||
| 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 recorded ship to sink in the Great Lakes. | ||
| J. S. Seaverns | 10 May 1884 | Sank off Michipicoten, no lives lost. Wreck discovered in 2016.[6][7] | ||
| John B. Cowle | 12 July 1909 | Sank in Whitefish Bay with the loss of 14 lives after colliding with the Isaac M. Scott.[8] | 46°44.435′N 84°57.877′W | |
| John M. Osborn | 27 July 1884 | Wooden steam barge rammed by 'terror of the lakes' Alberta. | 46°51.974′N 85°05.210′W | |
| Kamloops | 7 December 1927 | A Canadian canaller that sank off Isle Royale. | 48°5′6″N 88°45′53″W | |
| Lafayette | 28 November 1905 | A steel-hulled bulk freighter that broke in half near Two Harbors, Minnesota. | 47.094917°N 91.54935°W | |
| 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. | 46°43.389′N 90°46.035′W | |
| Madeira | 28 November 1905 | A casualty of the Mataafa Storm in 1905. | 47°12′22″N 91°21′29″W | |
| Marquette | 1903 | A bulk freighter that sank off Michigan Island. | 46°49.912′N 90°25.784′W | |
| May Flower | 2 June 1891 | Two-masted scow schooner that capsized off the Lester River.[9] | 46°48′12″N 92°00′40″W | |
| 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. | 46°48.073′N 85°04.500′W | |
| M.M. Drake | 2 October 1901 | Sank off Vermilion Point on Lake Superior.[8] | 46°46.588′N 85°05.933′W | |
| Monarch | 6 December 1906 | A passenger and delivery freighter lost in a storm off Isle Royale. | 48°11′20″N 88°26′3″W | |
| Moonlight | 1September 1903 | A schooner that sank off the coast of Michigan Island. | 46°49.939′N 90°22.703′W | |
| Myron | 23 November 1919 | Lumber hooker lost in a storm on Lake Superior. | 46°48.463′N 85°01.646′W | |
| Niagara | 4 June 1904 | Large wooden rafting tug ran aground at Knife Island | 46.945751°N 91.771245°W | |
| Noquebay | 6 October 1905 | A wooden schooner that caught fire and sank off Stockton Island. | 46°55.568′N 90°32.717′W | |
| Onoko | 14 September 1915 | Sprang a leak and sank near Knife River | 46°50.772′N 91°46.640′W | |
| Ottawa | 13 November 1909 | A tugboat that caught fire after rescuing a stranded steamboat. | ||
| Pretoria | 1905 | A schooner-barge that sank off Outer Island in 1905. | 47°05.36′N 90°23.66′W | |
| USS Puritan | 27 May 1933 | A commercial steamship (renamed George M. Cox in 1933) that struck a reef near Rock of Ages Light. | 47°51′28″N 89°19′32″W | |
| R.G. Stewart | 4 June 1899 | A commercial Packet steamer that caught fire and sank off the coast of Michigan Island. | ||
| Robert Wallace | 17 November 1902 | A wooden freighter that sank after her stern pipe burst. | 46°50.837′N 91°43.736′W | |
| Sagamore | 29 July 1901 | A whaleback barge, sank in a collision with Northern Queen near Iroquois Point in Whitefish Bay. | 46°31.085′N 84°37.935′W | |
| Samuel Mather | 21 November 1891 | Sank in a collision with the Brazil off Iroquois Point in Whitefish Bay with no loss of life.[8] | 46°34.308′N 084°42.325′W | |
| Samuel P. Ely | 30 October 1896 | A schooner lost off Two Harbors | 47°00′42″N 91°40′40″W | |
| Scotiadoc | 20 June 1953 | Rammed by the freighter Burlington in heavy fog off Trowbridge Island, near the Sleeping Giant. | 48.271936°N 88.949157°W | |
| Sevona | 2 September 1905 | A steamboat that ran aground off the coast of Sand Island. | 47°00.410′N 90°54.520′W | |
| S.R. Kirby | 8 May 1916 | Struck by a giant wave, broke in two and sank off the Keweenaw Peninsula | 47.56656°N 88.218141°W | |
| Superior City | 20 August 1920 | Collided with Willis L. King in Whitefish Bay. | 46°43.51′N 84°52.37′W | |
| T.H. Camp | 16 November 1900 | A wooden tugboat that sank between Madeline and Basswood Islands. | 46.816667°N 90.75°W |  |
| Theano | 17 November 1906 | A steel ocean steamer that sank in deep water after striking a reef. | 48°18′N 88°52′W | |
| Thomas friant | 6 January 1924 | Fish tug that sank after being holed by ice. | 46°52.0′N 91°29.0′W |  |
| Thomas Wilson | 7 June 1902 | Struck by the wooden steamer George Hadley and sunk less than a mile out of the Duluth Ship Canal.[10] | 46°47′0″N 92°4′10″W |  |
| Vienna | 17 September 1892 | Rammed by Nipigon in Whitefish Bay. | 46°44′N 84°57′W | .jpg.webp) |
| William C. Moreland | 18 October 1910 | A 600-foot-long (180 m) steel-hulled bulk freighter that ran aground on Sawtooth Reef. | 47°24.84′N 88°19.73′W |  |
| Western Reserve | 30 August 1892 | Broke in two in a summer storm on Lake Superior. |  |
Lake Huron
| Ship | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arabia | October 1884 | Barque that foundered of Echo Island near Tobermory, Ontario in 120 feet of water. | ||
| SS Argus | 9 November 1913 | Wreckage found near Bayfield Ontario Canada |  | |
| CC Martin | 1911 | Tug lost with barge Albatross during storm off French River, ten lives lost. | 45.51555°N 81.070277°W | |
| SS Cedarville | 7 May 1965 | A bulk carrier that collided with SS Topdalsfjord in the Straits of Mackinac. | 45°47.235′N 85°40.248′W | |
| SS Charles S. Price | 15 November 1913 | Capsized in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913. Sighted floating upside-down 10 November 1913 identified as Charles S. Price before it sank on 15 November 1913. Wreck was not found until the 60s when it was found by Resbert R. Martin. | 43°11.89980′N 82°23.89980′W | |
| SS Choctaw | 12 February 1915 | Sank in a collision with the SS Wahcondah. | ||
| 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. | ||
| Cornelia B. Windiate | 27 November 1875 | Iced up and slowly sank in a storm after passing through the Straits of Mackinac. | ||
| 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. | 43.850°N 82.590°W |  |
| Dorcas Pendell | 6 July 1914 | Shallow water shipwreck located in the harbor of Harbor Beach, Michigan. The Dorcas Pendell was a schooner built in 1884 and burned in place on 6 July 1914 after running aground. | ||
| SS D.R. Hanna | 16 May 1919 | A 552-foot (168 m) long steel freighter that sank in a collision with the Quincy A. Shaw. |  | |
| Emma L. Nielson | 26 June 1911 | Collision in fog off Pointe Aux Barques. | ||
| Erie Belle | 21 November 1883 | A steamship that exploded while attempting to rescue the stranded schooner J. N. Carter. | 44.156741°N 81.658997°W | |
| Exchange | ||||
| 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. | 45°19.0′N 81°33.0′W | |
| Hunter Savidge | 20 August 1899 | Capsized off Point Aux Barques. | ||
| SS Hydrus | 11 November 1913 | Lost on Lake Huron during the Great Lakes Storm of 1913. Its wreck was discovered in July 2015.[11] |  | |
| SS Isaac M. Scott | 9 November 1913 | A lake freighter that sank in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913. | 45°03′N 83°02′W |  |
| 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 northwest end of Bonnet Island near Tobermory, Ontario in about 90 feet of water. | ||
| SS James Carruthers | 9 November 1913 | Lost on Lake Huron during the Great Lakes Storm of 1913. | 44.801°N 82.397°W |  |
| 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.[12] | 45°01′56.64″N 83°11′33.78″W | |
| SS John A. McGean | 1913 | Lost in storm off Harbor Beach in Lake Huron in the Great Storm of 1913. Wreck discovered in 1985.[11] |  | |
| SS Kaliyuga | October 1905 | A wooden steamship lost in a storm. | ||
| 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. | ||
| Mapledawn | 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. | ||
| Marine City | 28 August 1880 | Wrecked north of Sturgeon Point Light. | ||
| Metamora | 30 September 1907 | A wooden tug that sank near Pointe au Baril, Georgian Bay. | 45°31′43.39″N 80°24′26.61″W | |
| 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. | ||
| 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.[13] | 45°01′59.76″N 83°11′59.28″W | |
| SS Monrovia | 26 May 1959 | A cargo ship that collided with SS Royalston north of Thunder Bay Island. | 44°35′25″N 82°33′12″W | |
| SS Ohio (1875) | 26 September 1894 | A wooden freighter that sank in a collision with the schooner Ironton. | ||
| Philo Scoville | October 1889 | Wrecked during a storm and is in 100 feet at north east end of Bonnet Island near Tobermory, Ontario. | ||
| SS Regina | 10 November 1913 | Lost on Lake Huron during the Great Lakes Storm of 1913. |  | |
| Sweepstakes | September 1885 | A schooner that was damaged off Cove Island in August, then sank a month later in Big Tub Harbour, near Tobermory. | 45°15′18″N 81°40′50″W | |
| True North II | 16 June 2000 | A glass-bottomed tour boat that sank in Georgian Bay, killing two students. | ||
| 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.[14] | 45°24′55″N 83°33′51″W | |
| PS Waubuno | 22 November 1879 | A side-wheel paddle steamer lost in a storm in Georgian Bay. | 45°07′15″N 80°09′58″W | |
| W.L. Wetmore | November 1901 | Wrecked in a storm at the west end of Bonnet Island in about 30 feet of water, near Tobermory, Ontario. | ||
| SS Wexford | 9 November 1913 | Lost on Lake Huron during the Great Lakes Storm of 1913. |  | |
| Minnedosa | 20 October 1905 | Sank while in tow, near Harbor Beach, Michigan; 9 crew and passengers lost. |
Lake Michigan
| Ship | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|
| SS Alpena | 15 October 1880 | A sidewheel steamer that capsized in a storm. | |
| 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. | 45.104167°N 87.620278°W |
| America | 28 September 1880 | A wooden schooner that struck another vessel's scow line. | |
| SS Anna C. Minch | 11 November 1940 | A cargo carrier that broke in two and sank during the Armistice Day Blizzard. | 43.787°N 86.531°W |
| SS Appomattox | 2 November 1905 | A bulk cargo steamship that ran aground in fog. | 43°05′37.09″N 87°51′58.35″W |
| SS Australasia | 18 November 1896 | A wooden steamship that sank after burning to a total loss. | 44°55.20′N 87°11.13′W |
| SS Carl D. Bradley | 18 November 1958 | A self-unloading Great Lakes freighter caught in a vicious storm on Lake Michigan. | |
| SS Chicora | 21 January 1895 | A steamer that went missing in Lake Michigan | |
| Christina Nilsson | 23 October 1884 | A schooner that sank in a blizzard off Baileys Harbor. | |
| City of Muskegon | 28 October 1919 | A paddlewheel steamer that struck a pier in a gale at Muskegon, Michigan, sinking in four minutes. | |
| Continental | 1904 | A bulk carrier that sank off the coast of Two Rivers. | |
| Daniel Lyons | 17 October 1878 | A schooner that collided with the Kate Gillett off Algoma. | |
| Dreadnaught | September 1886 | Schooner which was sunk after collision with the tug "Cheney" off Pt, Au Gres, Saginaw Bay. [15] | |
| SS Eber Ward | 20 April 1909 | A cargo ship that foundered in heavy ice west of Mackinaw City. | |
| Erie L. Hackley | 3 October 1903 | A cargo liner that sank in a storm near Green Island, Wisconsin. | 45°03.71′N 87°27.37′W |
| SS Eastland | 24 July 1915 | Rolled over in the Chicago River in Chicago, Illinois. A total of 848 passengers and crew were killed––the largest loss of life in a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes. | |
| Fleetwing | 26 September 1888 | A schooner that ran aground off the coast of Liberty Grove. | |
| 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. | |
| Frank O'Connor | 3 October 1919 | A bulk carrier that caught fire and sank off the coast of North Bay. | 45°06′52″N 87°0′44″W |
| Gallinipper | 1851 | A schooner that sank in a gale off the coast of Centerville. | |
| George W. Morley | 5 December 1897 | A wooden Great Lakes bulk freighter that caught fire off the shore of Evanston, Illinois.[16] | 42°02′38.4″N 87°40′05.4″W |
| Grape Shot | November 1867 | A schooner that was run aground by a gale off the coast of Plum Island. | |
| Green Bay | An unidentified sloop off the coast of Sevastopol, believed to date from 1840-1860. | ||
| Grace Channon | 1877 | A three-masted wooden schooner that collided with the propeller tug Favourite 12 miles south of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[17] | |
| Hanover | November 1867 | A schooner that struck a shoal near the Strawberry Islands. | |
| Hennepin | 18 August 1927 | The first self-unloading bulk carrier; sprang a leak off the east coast of Lake Michigan. | |
| Home | 1858 | A schooner that collided with the William Fiske off the coast of Centerville. | |
| Iris | 1913 | A schooner that ran aground off the coast of Washington Island. | |
| Joys | 23 December 1898 | A steamboat that caught fire at anchor in the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal. | |
| 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. | 42°11′00″N 87°39′00″W |
| SS Lakeland | 3 December 1924 | A steel freighter that sank after she sprang a leak. | 44°47.34′N 87°11.32′W |
| Louisiana | 8 November 1913 | A steamboat that caught fire in a snowstorm off Washington. | |
| L.R. Doty | 25 October 1898 | A steamship lost in a violent storm while towing the Olive Jeanette. | |
| Lumberman | 6 April 1893 | A schooner that sank in a storm off the coast of Oak Creek. | |
| Meridian | October 1873 | A schooner that sank off the coast off Sister Bay. | |
| SS Milwaukee | 22 October 1929 | Train ferry that sank in a storm off Milwaukee with the loss of all hands. Today she lies about four miles northeast of the North Point Lighthouse.[18] | |
| Mount Vernon | 10 April 1869 | Ran aground in weather off Kewaunee, Wisconsin | |
| Niagara | 23 September 1856 | A palace steamer that caught fire and sank off Belgium, Wisconsin. | |
| Northerner | 29 November 1868 | A schooner that capsized off Port Washington. | |
| Ocean Wave | 23 September 1869 | A scow schooner that sank in a storm off the coast of Door County. | |
| 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.[19] | |
| R. J. Hackett | 12 November 1905 | The first Great Lakes freighter; caught fire, ran aground and sank in Green Bay. | 45°21′28″N 87°10′55″W |
| Rosinco | 19 September 1928 | A luxury yacht that sank off the coast of Kenosha. | |
| Rouse Simmons | 23 November 1912 | Sunk in a storm on Lake Michigan with its cargo of Christmas trees. | |
| Silver Spray | 15 July 1914 | A passenger steamer that ran aground against the Morgan Shoal[20] off the coast of Chicago. | 41.8082°N 87.5837°W |
| Success | 26 November 1896 | Pushed ashore by a gale during a storm off the coast of Sevastopol, Wisconsin. | |
| Tennie and Laura | 2 August 1903 | A scow schooner that sank off Port Washington. | |
| Three Brothers | 27 September 1911 | A lumber freighter that took on water and was driven aground on South Manitou Island. | |
| S.B. Toledo | 22 October 1856 | 79 of 81 passengers and crew were lost when she sank near Port Washington, Wisconsin in 10 to 35 feet of water. Also carried freight. Wood hull, propeller/direct acting steam engine built by B.B. Jones Co, Buffalo, New York 1854. | |
| SM UC-97 | 7 June 1921 | A German Type UC III submarine sunk as a target off the coast of Highland Park, Illinois. | |
| SS Selah Chamberlain | 13 October 1886 | Sank two miles northeast of Sheboygan. | 43°46.196′N 087°39.401′W |
| SS Walter L. Frost | 4 November 1903 | Stranded off South Manitou Island. Her carcass was struck by and caused the sinking of the SS Francisco Morazan in 1960. | |
| SS William B. Davock | 11 November 1940 | Sank near Pentwater in the Armistice Day Blizzard. | |
| SS Wisconsin | October 1929 | A steamboat that sank off the coast of Kenosha. | |
| Thomas Hume | 21 May 1891 | A schooner that disappeared on Lake Michigan. | |
| SS W.H. Gilcher | 28 October 1892 | The Gilcher was a steel-hulled freighter that went missing on Lake Michigan on 28 October 1892. | |
| SS Pere Marquette 18 | 9 September 1910 | A steel-hulled car ferry that mysteriously flooded, and sank on Lake Michigan. | |
| SS Henry Cort | 30 November 1934 | A whaleback freighter that ran aground at Muskegon, Michigan. | |
| W. C. Kimball | May 1891 | 65-ft wooden schooner sunk off South Manitou Island, wreck in excellent condition[21] |
Lake Erie
| Ship | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Fathom wreck | Lying on a silt bottom at 105 feet | 42°39′N 80°03′W | |
| Admiral | 2 Dec 1942 | 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. |
41°38′N 81°54′W |
| Adventure | 7 October 1903 | The sand dredge sank off Kelley's Island following a fire. | 41°38′N 82°41′W |
| SS Algeria | 41°31′N 81°42′W | ||
| Alva B. | 1 November 1917 | The tug ran aground off Avon Point in a storm. | 41°30′N 82°01′W |
| America | 5 April 1854 | The sidewheel steamer ran aground on Pelee Island. | 41°49′N 82°38′W |
| Angler | 1893 | A tug that caught fire and sank in Long Point. | |
| PS Anthony Wayne | 28 April 1850 | A wooden-hulled paddle steamer that sank after her boilers exploded. She is the oldest steamboat wreck on the Great Lakes. | 41°31.00′N 82°23.00′W |
| 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. | 42°30′N 80°05′W |
| Arches | 11 November 1852 | Also known as Oneida, the package freighter sank in a storm off Long Point. | 42°27′N 80°01′W |
| Argo | 20 October 1937 | The tank barge sank off Pelee Island with cargo of oil, considered one of the greatest pollution risks on the Lakes[22] | |
| Armenia | 8 May 1906 | ||
| Aycliffe Hall | 1936 | Sank off Long Point. | |
| Bay Coal Schooner | mid 1800s | The schooner suddenly sank off Bay Village, Ohio. Wreck believed to be the Industry, which sank in 1874. | 41°33′N 81°56′W |
| Black Duck | 1872 | A 51-foot single mast scow sloop that sank in the East end of Lake Erie in August 1872. | |
| Bow Cabin | 41°56′N 82°14′W | ||
| British Lion | 1877 | Ran aground off Long Point. The same storm claimed the Mediera and Elize A. Turner. | |
| Brown Brothers | 1959 | Sank off Long Point. | 42°37′N 80°00′W |
| Brunswick | 42°35′N 79°24′W | ||
| Canobie | 42°10′N 80°00′W | ||
| Carlingford | 12 November 1881 | The schooner sank following a collison with the steamer Brunswick | 42°39′N 79°28′W |
| Cascade | 24 January 1904 | The tug sank after encountering ice. | 41°28′N 82°11′W |
| Case | |||
| C.B. Benson | 42°46′N 79°14′W | ||
| C.B. Lockwood | 13 October 1902 | Discovered to have sunk below Lake Erie's bottom[23] | 41°56′N 81°23′W |
| Cecil J. | 27 May 1944 | The tugboat was scuttled after it caught fire. | 42°45′N 80°13′W |
| Charger | 31 July 1890 | The schooner sank following a collision. | |
| Charles B. Packard | |||
| Charles H. Davis | 41°30′N 81°43′W | ||
| Charles Foster | 42°10′N 80°15′W | ||
| City of Concord | 29 September 1906 | The steamer sank north of Huron, Ohio in a storm. | |
| City of Dresden | 1922 | Ran aground off Long Point. | |
| Clarion | |||
| Cleveco | 41°47′N 81°36′W | ||
| Colonel Cook | |||
| Colonial | |||
| Conemaugh | |||
| Craftsman | 41°31′N 82°00′W | ||
| Crete | 42°10′N 80°00′W | ||
| David Stewart | |||
| David Vance | |||
| Dean Richmond | 42°17′N 79°55′W | ||
| Dundee | 41°41′N 81°50′W | ||
| Dunkirk Schooner Site | An early unidentified schooner lying off Dunkirk, New York | 42°33′0″N 79°36′0″W | |
| Duke Luedtke | 41°41′N 81°57′W | ||
| Eldorado | 42°10′N 80°00′W | ||
| Elize A. Turner | 1877 | Ran aground off Long Point. The same storm claimed the British Lion and Madiera. | |
| Elphicke | 1913 | Ran aground off Long Point. | |
| Empire | 1870 | Ran aground off Long Point. | |
| Erieau Quarry Stone | 42°15′N 81°54′W | ||
| F.A. Meyer | 41°55′N 82°02′W | ||
| Fannie L. Jones | 41°30′N 81°43′W | ||
| Frank E. Vigor | 41°57′N 81°57′W | ||
| George Dunbar | 41°40′N 82°33′W | ||
| George Stone | |||
| George Worthington | |||
| SS G. P. Griffith | 18 June 1850 | Between 241 and 289 lives lost when the ship caught fire. Third-greatest loss of life in any Great Lakes shipping disaster. | |
| Grand Traverse | |||
| H.A. Barr | 42°09′N 81°23′W | ||
| Henry Roop | 12 October 1843 | A schooner lost in a storm. | |
| H.G. Cleveland | |||
| Hickory Stick | 41°32′N 82°06′W | ||
| Idaho | 1897 | Ran aground off Long Point. | |
| Indiana | 42°17′N 79°59′W | ||
| 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. | |
| Ivanhoe | 41°33′N 82°02′W | ||
| James B. Colgate | 20 October 1916 | A whaleback steamer that sank off Long Point, in a storm that also took the SS Merida. Wreckage was located in 1991. | 42°05′N 81°44′W |
| James J. Reed | 1944 | Sank off Long Point. | |
| Jay Gould | 41°51′N 82°24′W | ||
| Jennie P. King | 1866 | Foundered off Long Point. | |
| Jersey City | 1860 | Foundered off Long Point. | |
| J.G. McGrath | 42°40′N 79°23′W | ||
| J.J. Boland Jr. | 42°22′N 79°43′W | ||
| John B. Griffin | |||
| John B. Lyon | |||
| John Pridgeon Jr. | 41°35′N 81°58′W | ||
| Jorge B. | |||
| Joseph Paige | 14 October 1893 | Ran aground off Long Point, in a gale that also took the Wocoken. | |
| Lawrence | 1921 | Ran aground off Long Point. | |
| Lake Serpent | 1829 | The schooner disappeared en route to Cleveland with a load of limestone. Both occupants fell overboard and drowned; their bodies washed ashore just west of Cleveland. The ship was discovered in 2016 and identified in 2019. She is the oldest confirmed shipwreck in Lake Erie. | |
| Little Wissahickon | 41°54′N 81°56′W | ||
| Lycoming | 42°15′N 81°53′W | ||
| Mabel Wilson | 41°30′N 81°43′W | ||
| Madiera | 1877 | Ran aground off Long Point. The same storm claimed the British Lion and Elize A. Turner. | |
| Magnet | |||
| Margaret Olwill | 28 June 1899 | Overloaded with limestone, the load shifted during an unexpected June gale and the ship was capsized by waves when the steering chains broke. At least eight people perished. The wreck was discovered in 2017. | |
| Marquette & Bessemer No. 2 | 8 December 1909 | A car ferry that sank in a storm. Thirty-four to thirty-eight people perished. | |
| Marshall F. Butters | 41°43′N 82°17′W | ||
| Mecosta | 41°31′N 81°53′W | ||
| Merida | 16 October 1916 | A Ward Line steamer that sank off Long Point in a storm that also took the James B. Colgate. | 42°13′N 81°20′W |
| Morania | 29 October 1951 | Also includes Penobscot. Closest shipwreck to Buffalo River | |
| M.I. Wilcox | |||
| Morning Star | 41°36′N 82°12′W | ||
| Mystic | 1907 | Sank off Long Point. | |
| New Brunswick | |||
| Niagara | 1899 | Ran aground off Long Point. | |
| North Carolina | 41°43′N 81°22′W | ||
| Northern Indiana | 17 July 1856 | Caught fire near Point au Pelee, Lake Erie, while en route from Buffalo to Monroe, Michigan.[24] 56 lives lost. | 41°53′N 82°30′W |
| Oneida | 42°13′N 79°51′W | ||
| Oxford | 42°28′N 79°51′W | ||
| Paddy Murphy | |||
| Pascal P. Pratt | 1908 | Ran aground off Long Point. | 42°33′N 80°05′W |
| Passaic | 42°28′N 79°27′W | ||
| Penelope | 41°31′N 82°02′W | ||
| Philip D. Armour | 42°07′N 80°10′W | ||
| Philip Minch | 41°41′N 82°30′W | ||
| Pocahontas | 1862 | Foundered off Long Point. | |
| Queen of the West | 41°50′N 82°23′W | ||
| 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. | |
| Rebecca Foster | 1857 | Foundered off Long Point. | |
| Robert | 42.25°N 81.81°W | ||
| S.F. Gale | 28 November 1876 | 41°44′N 81°52′W | |
| S.K. Martin | 42°14′N 79°56′W | ||
| St. James | October 1870 | Sank of unknown cause off Long Point in Lake Erie; discovered 1984. | 42°27′N 80°07′W |
| Sand Merchant | 41°34′N 82°57′W | ||
| Sarah E. Sheldon | 41°29′N 82°06′W | ||
| Siberia | 1883 | A schooner that ran aground off Long Point. | |
| Siberia | 1905 | Ran aground off Long Point. | |
| Smith | 25 October 1930 | A tugboat that sank under tow off Long Point, Lake Erie. | |
| Specular | |||
| Success | 41°31′N 82°54′W | ||
| Sultan | 24 September 1864 | Lost in a storm off of Cleveland | 41°36′N 81°37′W |
| T-8 | 42°35′N 80°01′W | ||
| Tasmania | 41°47′N 82°29′W | ||
| Tire Reef | 42°41′N 80°08′W | ||
| Trade Wind | A schooner that collided with the Sir Charles Napier off Long Point. | 42°25′N 80°12′W | |
| Tug Smith | 42°28′N 79°59′W | ||
| Two Fannies | 10 August 1890 | Sank after it developed a leak in heavy seas. | 41°33′N 81°55′W |
| Unknown | 42°08′N 81°37′W | ||
| Valentine | 41°55′N 81°54′W | ||
| Washington Irving | 42°32′N 79°27′W | ||
| Wild Rover | 2 November 1874 | Foundered off Long Point. | |
| William H. Vanderbilt | 1883 | Ran aground off Long Point. | |
| Willis | |||
| Wilma | 42°42′N 80°02′W | ||
| Wocoken | 14 October 1893 | Ran aground off Long Point in a gale that also took the Joseph Paige. | |
| Young Phoenix | 1818 | Sank off Long Point, Lake Erie. |
Lake Ontario
| Ship | Sunk Date | Notes | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shooner Milan | Directly in front of Oak Orchard, NY in deep water | ||
| Unidentified Wreck | On Wautoma Shoals in shallow water | ||
| Undine | Northeast of Wautoma Shoals in 40' of water | ||
| Laura Grace Steamer | Directly in front of Long Pond Outlet in Greece, NY | ||
| Unidentified Wreck | Northeast of Rochester Harbor Breakwalls in 40' of water | ||
| Twin Unidentified Wrecks | East of the eastern break wall entering Rochester harbor in shallow water | ||
| Henry Roney | Directly in front of Webster, NY in 70' of water | ||
| US Coast Guard Boat 56022 | Between Ontario on the Lake and Pultneyville in front of the submerged pipline in 32' of water | ||
| Steamer Perserverance | Directly in front of Pultneyville, NY in deep water | ||
| Saint Peter | Northeast of the Pultneyville Outer Range rear light in 100' of water | ||
| Orcadian | Directly outside of Sodus Bay harbor on the western side of the harbor entrance in shallow water | ||
| Etta Belle | Directly outside of Sodus Bay harbor on the eastern side of the harbor entrance in shallow water | ||
| The Porter | Inside Little Sodus Bay along the break wall separating the lake from the bay on the east side of the channel | ||
| Congercoal | Inside Little Sodus Bay along Fair Haven Beach State Park's western shoreline. Just off the parking lot and South of the boat launch | ||
| David W. Mills | Just off the Northeast corner of Ford Shoal by the green marker bouy | ||
| Mary Kay | In 54' of water just Northeast of Snake Creek | ||
| Cormorant | Northwest of the Mary Kay and Northeast of the David Mills in 165' of water | ||
| Robert Bruce | Near North Sandy Pond | ||
| Cortez | Directly off of Southwick Beach State Park | ||
| Hartford | Near North Sandy Pond, part of the ship has also washed ashore on the North Sandy Pond Barrier Bar | ||
| Ariadne | North of North Sandy Pond in shallow water are the remains of the Ariadne | ||
| William Elgin Schooner | |||
| The T. J. Waffle Steamer | 27 Miles off Oswego, NY | ||
| Dagger-board Schooner | Near Galloo Island | ||
| Steamer City of New York | Off the coast of Oswego, NY | ||
| Onandaga Schooner | Off Stony Point, NY | ||
| Steamer Wisconsin | Off Tibbetts Point Lighthouse | ||
| Hiawatha Schooner Barge | in 95' of water, discovered Sept. 2017 by Tim Caza | ||
| H. B. Schooner-barge | Eastern Lake Ontario 20 miles off the Oswego shoreline | ||
| Menominee | Northeastern Lake Ontario off Galloo Island | ||
| Old Steamer | Eastern Lake Ontario in 90 feet of water | ||
| North Star Schooner | South of Stony Island in 100' of water | ||
| American Schooner | Off Stony Point in 100+' of water | ||
| J.W. Langmuir | on the shoal at the head of Galloo island | ||
| S.S. Ellsworth | In 21' of water off Stony Island | ||
| House Boat | Located in Chaumont Bay |
| Ship | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alberta | A Lake tug with the appearance of an Alligator Tug from the Ottawa River logging days, sank near Bay of Quinte. | ||
| Aloha | 1917 | Sunk while in tow of the CW Chamberlain off Nine Mile Point | |
| Annie Falconer | 1904 | A schooner that sank in a storm en route to Picton. One crew member perished of exposure upon reaching Amherst Island. | |
| Augustus | A schooner that sank en route to be scuttled during the 1937 Portsmouth harbour cleanup. | ||
| Bay State | 4 November 1862 | Screw propeller, sank in storm. Wreck discovered August 2015[25] | |
| Belle Sheridan | 7 November 1880 | A 123-foot two masted schooner. She was carrying coal en route to Toronto when caught in the Gale of 1880 and after fighting for hours, sank in 12 feet of water in Wellers Bay. Only one of the crew of seven survived. | |
| China | 1872 | A small steamer that caught fire and sank off False Duck Island, six months after launching. | |
| City of Sheboygan | 1925 | Sank in a storm off Amherst Island with the loss of 5 people. | |
| Comet | 1861 | A paddlewheeler that sunk in a collision with the schooner Exchange off Nine Mile Point, with the loss of 2 lives. | |
| Cornwall | 1931 | A paddlewheeler scuttled in the Amherst Island graveyard. | |
| Dominion | |||
| Dredge Islander | A dredge scuttled in the Snake Island graveyard after harbour cleanup in the 1930s. | ||
| Dupont Salvage Scow | Scuttled near Dupont Point, perhaps after the Elevator Bay cleanup. | ||
| Effie Mae | 1993 | A charter boat that was scuttled beside the Aloha for a diving attraction | |
| Empress | A steamer scuttled in the Amherst Island Graveyard. Real name unknown. | ||
| Frontenac | Tug. | ||
| 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.[26] | |
| George T Davie | Barge. | ||
| Glendora | A steamer that was scuttled in the Amherst Island Graveyard. Real name unknown. | ||
| USS Hamilton | 8 August 1813 | A US Navy schooner that sunk in a squall off Fourteen Mile Creek, Oakville. A US sister ship the Scourge sank in the same squall. | |
| Hilda | Wrecker. | ||
| Katie Eccles | Ran aground near Kingston on Lake Ontario. | ||
| KPH Wreck | A flat barge 30 m (100 ft) long that sank near Kingston Psychiatric Hospital. | ||
| Londonderry | Wrecker. | ||
| Maple Glen | Steamer. | ||
| Marine Museum 2 | Scow. | ||
| Mark One | Tug. | ||
| Monkey Wrench | A schooner that was scuttled in the Amherst Island Graveyard. Real name unknown. | ||
| Munson | 30 April 1890 | A dredger that sank in 4 minutes due to leaking plank, off Lemoine Point.[26] | |
| Nisbet Grammer | 26 May 1926 | A lake freighter that sank in a collision with the Dalwarnic off Somerset. | |
| SS Noronic | 17 September 1949 | A Great Lakes cruise ship that burned and sank at Toronto dock, with over 100 passengers killed. | |
| Ocean Wave | 1853 | Paddlewheeler. | |
| Olive Branch | Schooner. | ||
| Oliver Mowat | Schooner. | ||
| 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. | |
| St. Peter | 27 October 1898 | A schooner that was wrecked near Pultneyville. | 43°18′42″N 77°7′52″W |
| Queen Mary | A steamer that was scuttled in the Amherst Island Graveyard. Real name unknown. | ||
| R.H. Rae | Schooner. | ||
| Ricky's Tug | Scuttled in the Amherst Island Graveyard. Real name unknown. | ||
| HMS St Lawrence | 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. | 44°13′14″N 76°30′18″W | |
| S.M. Douglas | A former White Star dredger. | ||
| HMS Speedy | 8 October 1804 | A schooner that sank off Brighton, Lake Ontario. | 43.814°N 76.789°W |
| USS Sylph | 1823 | A schooner that served in the War of 1812. | |
| Terry's Tug | Tug. | ||
| HMS Toronto | 1811 | A schooner that sank off Hanlan's Point, Toronto Islands, Lake Ontario. | |
| Unknown | 43°27′N 77°26′W | ||
| Washington | 1803 | Commercial sloop owned by Canadians, built by Americans on Lake Erie, sunk off Oswego.[27] | |
| Waterlily | Steam barge. | ||
| William Jamieson | Schooner. | ||
| William Johnston | A tug that sank off 9-Mile Point. | 44°07′N 76°33′W | |
| HMS Wolfe (later HMS Montreal) | 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. | 44°13′N 76°27′W | |
| Wolfe Islander II | 21 September 1985 | Car ferry scuttled to provide scuba attraction off Dawson's Point, Wolfe Island |
Largest wrecks
| Ship | In service | End of service | Length (ft) | Vessel type | Launched | Final disposition | Notes | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SS Edmund Fitzgerald | 24 September 1958 | 10 November 1975 | 729 | Bulk carrier | 7 June 1958 | Sank on Lake Superior | The Edmund Fitzgerald was 729-foot long freighter that sank of an unknown cause in a storm on Lake Superior. The Fitzgerald is the largest ship to sink on the lakes. | 46°59.91′N 85°06.61′W |
| SS Carl D. Bradley | 28 July 1927 | 18 November 1958 | 639 | Self-unloading Bulk carrier | 9 April 1927 | Broke in two in a severe storm on Lake Michigan | The Carl D. Bradley was a Great Lakes freighter that had a 31-year career that suddenly ended in 1958 when she broke in two in a severe November storm on Lake Michigan. | |
| SS Daniel J. Morrell | 24 September 1906 | 29 November 1966 | 603 | Lake freighter | 22 August 1906 | Sank on Lake Huron | The Daniel J. Morrell was a Great Lakes bulk carrier that sank with only one survivor; 26-year old watchman Dennis Hale of Ashtabula, Ohio. | 43.850°N 82.590°W |
| SS William C Moreland | 1 September 1910 | 18 October 1910 | 600 | Lake freighter | 27 July 1910 | Ran aground on Sawtooth Reef | The William C. Moreland was a Great Lakes bulk carrier that ran aground due to poor visibility on Sawtooth Reef, Lake Superior. | |
| SS Cedarville | 1927 | 7 May 1965 | 588.3 | Self-unloading Bulk carrier | 9 April 1927 | Sank in the Straits of Mackinac | The Cedarville was a self-unloading freighter that sank in the Straits of Mackinac after being rammed by the M/V Topdalsfjord. Ten of the crew drowned when the ship sank. | 45°47′08″N 84°40′08″W |
| SS Chester A. Congdon | 1907 | 6 November 1918 | 552 | Lake freighter | 29 August 1907 | Ran aground on Canoe Rocks | The Chester A. Congdon was a steel-hulled bulk carrier that stranded in heavy fog on Canoe Rocks, near Isle Royale. | 48°11′36″N 88°30′52″W |
| SS D.R. Hanna | 1906 | 16 May 1919 | 552 | Lake freighter | 20 October 1906 | Sank in a collision | The D.R. Hanna was a steel-hulled freighter that sank on 16 May 1919 in a collision with the Quincy A. Shaw north of Thunder Bay Island, Lake Huron. | |
| SS James C. Carruthers | 1913 | 9 November 1913 | 550 | Lake freighter | 22 May 1913 | Foundered on Lake Huron, in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913 | The James C. Carruthers was a 550-foot (170 m) long Canadian freighter that foundered in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913. | 44.801°N 82.397°W |
| SS Henry B. Smith | 1906 | 10 November 1913 | 545 | Lake freighter | 2 May 1906 | Sank in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913 | The Henry B. Smith was an American bulk freighter that foundered in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913 near Marquette, Michigan. Her wreck was discovered in 2013 by a team of divers led by Jerry Eliason. | 46.914°N 87.333°W |
| SS Emperor | 3 May 1911 | 4 June 1947 | 525 | Lake freighter | 17 December 1910 | Sank after striking the north side of Canoe Rocks | The Emperor was a Canadian freighter owned by Canada Steamship Lines Ltd. that sank after striking the north side of Canoe Rocks near Isle Royale. | 48°12′2″N 88°29′30″W |
| SS Isaac M. Scott | 12 July 1909 | 11 November 1913 | 524 | Lake freighter | 2 July 1909 | Capsized on Lake Huron in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913 | The Isaac M. Scott was an American bulk carrier that sank on Lake Huron in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913. She was discovered in 1976, laying upside down, and half buried in mud under 180-feet (155m) of water. | 45°03′N 83°02′W |
| SS Charles S. Price | 1910 | 9 November 1913 | 524 | Lake freighter | 1910 | Foundered in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913 | The Charles S. Price capsized on Lake Huron in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913. She was discovered floating upside down near Port Huron. |
See also
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External links
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- The Great Lakes Shipwreck File, a list maintained by David D. Swayze which details over 4,900 shipwrecks. (Archived by the Wayback Machine.)
Further reading
- Kohl, Cris (2008). The Great Lakes Diving Guide (2nd ed.). West Chicago: Seawolf Communications. ISBN 978-0967997698. Thumbnail histories, descriptions and locations of more than 1,000 Great Lakes shipwrecks located to date.
- Kohl, Cris; Forsberg, Joan (2007). Shipwrecks at Death's Door (1st ed.). West Chicago, IL: Seawolf. ISBN 978-0967997681.. A guide to hundreds of northern Lake Michigan shipwrecks.
- Kohl, Cris (2005). The 100 Best Great Lakes Shipwrecks: Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, Lake Huron (2nd ed.). West Chicago, IL: Seawolf Communications. ISBN 0967997658. Detailed stories of 100 significant shipwrecks, plus, in appendices, brief information about several hundreds more.
- Kohl, Cris (2005). The 100 Best Great Lakes Shipwrecks: Lake Michigan, Lake Superior (2nd ed.). West Chicago, IL: Seawolf Communications. ISBN 0967997666. Detailed stories of 100 significant shipwrecks, plus, in appendices, brief information about several hundreds more.
- Wachter, Georgann & Michael (2003). Erie Wrecks East: A Guide to Shipwrecks of Eastern Lake Erie (2nd ed.). Avon Lake, Ohio: CorporateImpact. ISBN 096613124X. Identifies 110 wreck locations.
- Wachter, Georgann & Michael (2001). Erie Wrecks West: A Guide to Shipwrecks of Western Lake Erie (2nd ed.). Avon Lake, Ohio: CorporateImpact. ISBN 0966131223. Identifies 103 wreck locations.
- Wachter, Georgann & Michael (2007). Erie Wrecks & Lights. Avon Lake, OH: CorporateImpact. ISBN 978-0966131253. Identifies 45 wreck locations.
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