Great Lakes Shipwrecks
Oh, the stories this wreckage could tell.
Underwater since before the Civil War (likely).
High Waters in the Great Lakes Reveal Two Centuries-Old Shipwrecks
The depths of the Great Lakes are littered with the sodden remains of an estimated 6,000 sunken ships. Many of these wrecks—preserved by the cold, fresh water of the so-called inland seas—are nearly pristine, frozen in their final death throes for centuries.
This month, waves and high water levels unearthed two historic shipwrecks on the shores of Lake Michigan, reports Lynn Moore for MLive. Experts from the Michigan Shipwreck Research Association (MSRA) identified the first, discovered near the city of Manistique on April 20, as an early 20th-century schooner named after part-owner Rokus Kanters, a marine contractor and the former mayor of Holland, Michigan. The second, which washed up near Ludington on April 24, has yet to be identified but is thought to date back to the mid-19th century, according to the Port of Ludington Maritime Museum.
(https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/high-waters-lake-michigan-are-washing-century-old-shipwrecks-180974783/)
6,000 sunken vessels - that is incredible. Throughout history, those crazy storms on the Great Lakes have claimed so many lives.
The photos of these wrecks are so intriguing. Take a look at some of them:
Submerge yourself in history: Haunting pictures show some of the 6,000 shipwrecks that lie in North America's Great Lakes
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-8195441/Haunting-pictures-6-000-shipwrecks-lie-North-Americas-Great-Lakes.html
Grace & Peace & Love to you all -
Matt
p.s. one of the most famous Great Lakes wrecks was the Edmund Fitzgerald, which was immortalized by folk singer Gordon Lightfoot; it's a pretty cool song
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Edmund_Fitzgerald
Underwater since before the Civil War (likely).
High Waters in the Great Lakes Reveal Two Centuries-Old Shipwrecks
The depths of the Great Lakes are littered with the sodden remains of an estimated 6,000 sunken ships. Many of these wrecks—preserved by the cold, fresh water of the so-called inland seas—are nearly pristine, frozen in their final death throes for centuries.
This month, waves and high water levels unearthed two historic shipwrecks on the shores of Lake Michigan, reports Lynn Moore for MLive. Experts from the Michigan Shipwreck Research Association (MSRA) identified the first, discovered near the city of Manistique on April 20, as an early 20th-century schooner named after part-owner Rokus Kanters, a marine contractor and the former mayor of Holland, Michigan. The second, which washed up near Ludington on April 24, has yet to be identified but is thought to date back to the mid-19th century, according to the Port of Ludington Maritime Museum.
(https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/high-waters-lake-michigan-are-washing-century-old-shipwrecks-180974783/)
6,000 sunken vessels - that is incredible. Throughout history, those crazy storms on the Great Lakes have claimed so many lives.
The photos of these wrecks are so intriguing. Take a look at some of them:
Submerge yourself in history: Haunting pictures show some of the 6,000 shipwrecks that lie in North America's Great Lakes
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-8195441/Haunting-pictures-6-000-shipwrecks-lie-North-Americas-Great-Lakes.html
Grace & Peace & Love to you all -
Matt
p.s. one of the most famous Great Lakes wrecks was the Edmund Fitzgerald, which was immortalized by folk singer Gordon Lightfoot; it's a pretty cool song
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Edmund_Fitzgerald
