Shipwreck Preserves
SHIPWRECK PRESERVES Shipwreck preserves are protected zones in which ancient shipwrecks of historic interest, both off the coast and Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, Michigan was shipwrecks have been surveyed, are monitored and are inland (Urca de Lima, San Pedro, City of Hawkinsville, established to protect a collection of over 100 shipwrecks. made accessible to the public. For the moment they exist USS Massachusetts (BB-2), SS Copenhagen, SS only yet in some limited regions: Tarpon, Half Moon, Lofthus, Vamar, Regina, Georges USS Massachusetts Preserve, Florida - This dive site Valentine). presents the wreck of the USS Massachusetts. Canada Latin America and Caribbean Lake Huron - Fathom Five Underwater National Park, Canada’s first National Marine Conservation Area, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles Fathom Five, protects the continuation of the grand ridge Spectacular diving site with archaeological area featuring of the Niagara Escarpment as it drops underwater at the among others the historical wreck of the SS Mediator, a tip of the Bruce Peninsula. The park encompasses 22 sailing steamship that sank in 1884 after it was hit by a shipwrecks and several historic light stations. German freighter as well as an airplane wreck. - Louisbourg Harbour is a Les épaves de Louisbourg Cayman Islands Shipwreck Preserve protected area, which can be visited with a guide for The preserve displays shipwrecks preserved for in situ diving to the wrecks of a French men-of-war from the observation, as for instance the iron-hulled barque siege of 1758. Glamis, built in Scotland, in 1876. The Glamis site Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary - The Florida encompasses large sections of iron hull fragments, Isle Royale National Park, Lake Superior, Canada - marine sanctuaries host nine Shipwreck Trail Sites.
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