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Warner Point Mud Lake Bay William P. Thew www.thunderbay.noaa.gov 989.356.8805 Alpena, Michigan49707 FletcherStreet 500 West Maritime HeritageCenter Great Lakes friends andfamilydiveintoourGreatLakespast! Bringyour shop andexcitingprogramseventsthroughouttheyear. awoodenboatbuildingworkshop,gift heritage exhibits,anHDtheater, The Centerfeaturesimmersivemaritime paddle orsnorkelexpedition. The GreatLakesMaritimeHeritageCenterisagreatplacetobeginyour Stony Point Island Sugar Island Thunder Bay Island Lighthouse Mackinaw Grass Island Scanlon Barge State Forest Coast Guard Barge William Maxwell Monohansett Historic Lighthouse Sail PoweredShipwreck Steam PoweredShipwreck Other Park Office Marine Sanctuary Davidson Ben Franklin Bare Point North Point John T. Johnson 23 Oscar T. Flint Blanchard Empire State E.B. Allen E.B. Palmer Barge #1 RED Devils Partridge Point Congress Lake Moorings =Current 45°00'N 45°00'N Galena Squaw Bay Sulphur WI Viator IL Island Thunder Bay L. 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Thunder Bay theshipwrecks of steamer toamodern500-foot-long Germanfreighter, of vesseltypesthatmakesthecollection nationallysignificant.Froman1844sidewheel Although thesheernumberofshipwrecks inthesanctuaryisimpressive,itrange to multi-daytripsalongthecoast. shipwreck paddling fun and feasible recreation. Excursions can vary from a one-hour paddle Thunder Bay numberofconvenientaccesspointsalongtheshoresLakeHuronmake A Paddle intoMaritimeHeritage richmaritimeheritage. Thunder Bay’s any sanctuaryvisitorcandiveinto 200 feetbeneaththesurfaceofLakeHuron.Whetherbypaddling, snorkeling,orswimming, Shipwreck sitesarelocatedatawiderangeofdepths,fromjust a fewinchestomorethan attachment linesthatareavailableonafirstcome,servebasis. andprotectshipwrecks.Buoysfeature make thesiteseasiertolocate,improvesafety, the sanctuaryaremarkedwithseasonalmooringbuoysanchored tothelakebottom.Buoys Readily accessiblebypaddlers,snorkelers,anddiversofallabilities, manyshipwrecksin underwater treasuresarepreservedforfuturegenerations. research, educationandresourceprotection,thesanctuaryworkstoensurethatthese Through 30 wreckshavebeenlocatedimmediatelyoutsideofthesanctuaryboundaries. more than50shipwreckshavebeendiscoveredwithinthesanctuaryandanadditional date, To best-preservedandnationallysignificantcollectionsofshipwrecks. America’s of Thunder BayNationalMarineSanctuaryprotectsone Located innorthwesternLakeHuron, Shipwrecks forEveryone Negwegon State Park 110 70 Bra T n October 2000 Designation 448-square miles Protected Area c h 80 120 HUNDER 120 B l M a Bu c tte k rn Mercator Projection u ARINE k 130 t ee Scale at 45° North is 1:131,000 130 r C R iv Au Sable Black River Island 0 2.5 5 miles e 140 r State Forest 120 100 140 110 130 130 0 2.5 5 kilometers S 130 Black River ANCTUARY Mackinaw B 140 120 Huron National Forest Venus 90 Alcona, Township of AY 83°30'W 83°15'W 83°00'W 120 120 60 110 120 100 110 130 120 110 120 30 110 44°45'N 44°45'N 50 100 110 110 20 82°45'W 90 80 110 40 120 10 120 70 30 20 100 60 20 90 30 80 70 10 10 20 10 50 5 60 5 10 5 40 5 60 10 5 5 10 50 30 20 20 5 10 5 10 5 5 Knight Bay 50 5 5 40 30 20 10 5 Harbor Presque Isle Presque 5 Schooner Portland Steamer Joseph S. Fay (1871 - 1905) GPS Coordinates: N45°29.317’ W83° 54.600’ Inland Paddling Near Depth: 18 feet Paddling Distance From Shore: ½ mile Thunder Bay National Distance from Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center: 45 miles Description: The shipwreck of the Joseph S. Fay is located at 40-Mile Point Lighthouse Marine Sanctuary just off US 23 north of Rogers City. Parking is available at the lighthouse and you can launch your kayak at the beach and paddle out to the submerged portion of the wreck Fletcher Pond located approximately 300 yards offshore. One of the sides of the Fay’s hull is located Just 27 miles from the Sanctuary’s Great Lakes on the beach just west of the lighthouse. Maritime Heritage Center is one of Michigan’s The Joseph S. Fay was a 216-foot bulk freighter built in Cleveland, Ohio for the Bradley largest inland lakes. The pond, famous for excellent Transportation Co. The vessel wrecked just in front of the 40-Mile Point Lighthouse in fishing, is home to northern pike, large mouth bass, October 1905 in a fierce storm that claimed a dozen ships in the area and smashed and pan fish. Wildlife viewing is also a favorite the aging ship to pieces after running it aground. Visitors to the site can see parts of activity at Fletcher pond, and you may see loons, the engine, the propeller shaft and some of the boat’s final cargo of iron ore. Visibility is osprey, herons, eagles, deer, and more. There are usually excellent at this site. an array of lodging, camping, and services in the Schooner John F. Warner area, as well as a public boat access. Schooner John F. Warner (1855 - 1890) Schooner American Union (1862 - 1894) GPS Coordinates: N45° 03.050’ W83° 26.128’ GPS Coordinates: N45°21.411’ W83°35.368’ Thunder Bay River Depth: 9 feet Depth: 4-10 feet Paddle over 80 miles of beautiful, scenic canoe Paddling Distance: About 2 miles Distance from the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center: 1 mile water along the Thunder Bay River winding between Description: Head to Alpena’s Starlight Beach to explore some of the shallow Distance from Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center: 26.5 miles shipwrecks just outside Alpena’s Small Boat Harbor. The Warner and the Description: The American Union lies in the bay at Thompson’s Harbor State Park. Alpena and Atlanta. The river offers a variety of Shamrock are two of five shipwrecks in the area that are buoyed, making Travel north from Alpena on US 23 to reach the park entrance and follow to the boat depths and is bounded by a series of dams. There them easy to locate. Nearshore shifting sands and murky water may make launch. To reach the wreck, paddle west from the boat launch until you reach the end of are a variety of public access areas or hire a local these wrecks difficult to see at certain times of the year, but a paddle along the the peninsula. Paddle straight to the west from the end of the peninsula and you will move guide for anything from a day trip to a week long downtown shoreline is always worth it! over a patch of deeper water before coming over a very shallow reef. The main body of adventure! The John F. Warner spent several years trading between the Great Lakes and wreckage is on the western edge of this reef. European ports. After 1860, it stayed closer to home, engaged in the booming The American Union was a 185-foot schooner built in Cleveland, Ohio in 1862. It carried Island Park and Wildlife Sanctuary Great Lakes lumber trade. Anchored off the mouth of the Thunder Bay River in bulk cargoes on the upper lakes for over 30 years before stranding in a storm on May 6th, Just minutes from the Sanctuary’s Heritage Center 1890, heavy seas drove the vessel ashore south of the harbor. 1894. Visitors to the site can see the bottom of the ship and the remains of one of the in Alpena paddle 500 acres of back waters and sides.
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    Imaging the Sacred The Straits of Mackinac an Exhibit MATERIALS ON DISPLAY ARE AVAILABLE FOR CHECKOUT WHEN A SECOND COPY IS HELD BY THE LIBRARY. MORE TITLES MAY BE FOUND ON OUR CATALOG, ANSWERCAT.ORG. CASE ONE, FIRST IMPRESSIONS, 1ST FLOOR ATRIUM Material that imagine the first contact era of the Straits of Mackinac. Carroll, Justin M. The merchant John Askin: furs and empire at British Michilimackinac. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press, 12017. F572.F6 C38 2017 Dunnigan, Brian Leigh A picturesque situation: Mackinac before photography, 1615-1860. Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press, 2008. F572.M16 D965 2008 Shimizu, Eileen Concannon Michigan Indian place names, the Little Traverse Bay region. MI: E.C. Shimizu, 1977. Michigan Flat File G4111.N8 A8 1977 S55 Tanner, Helen Hornbeck, Et al. Atlas of Great Lakes Indian history/ cartography by Miklos Pinther. Norman, OK: Published for the Newberry Library by the University of Oklahoma Press, 1987. E78.G7 A87 1987 MILITARY, EXPLORATION AND COMMERCE, 2ND FLOOR ATRIUM These three cases hold material portraying the military presence on the Straits from the French era to the American occupation. Before the Bridge and the Grand Hotel, one of the most imaged structures was Fort Michilimackinac. The military forces at the Straits facilitated early exploration and commerce, evidence of which can be found in the archeological record. Most materials in this section are the work of the Mackinac Island State Park Commission or the Mackinac State Historic Parks. Library of Michigan ● 702 W. Kalamazoo St. ● Lansing, MI 48915 ● 517-373-1300 ● www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan Page 2 of 13 Armour, David A.