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Marys River. The National Park Service also manages a 14th shipwreck area in the waters around Isle Royale, located in western Lake Superior, about 70 miles northwest of Houghton. Dense fog and high traffic, for instance, has led to ship-to-ship collisions, while sudden lake gales have capsized vessels or pushed them off-course and aground on shallow reefs and rocky outcrops. There are no places ships can duck out of a storm, and many have gone down. Wilde dives many of the wrecks along the eastern portion of Shipwreck Coast, especially those within the square-mile Whitefish Point Underwater Preserve. Today, divers visit about two dozen shipwrecks there. Many wrecks found in Great Lakes preserves lie on the bottom between feet and feet deep. But shallower wrecks dot the shoreline on all three lakes. Found in 60 feet of water or less, they appeal to recreational divers, according to Bloomfield. Several dozen wrecks are even shallow enough for snorkelers. One popular wreck in Whitefish Bay is the wooden steamer Yosemite, which sank in Located about 10 miles south of Paradise and a mile from shore, it rests in a mere 10 feet of water, and its boilers reach to just below the surface. One of the more harrowing Shipwreck Coast tales, according to Wilde, is that of the Nelson, a three-masted schooner that was caught in a gale in Whipped with mile-per-hour winds and pelted with freezing rain, the ship became encased in ice. The last to abandon ship, the captain jumped to the lowering yawl, but missed and dropped into the water. Just as he came to the surface, he watched the ship rise one last time and then quickly plunge, carrying the yawl and everyone in it to the bottom of the lake. The captain clambered aboard some wreckage and made it to shore, the sole survivor. The Nelson finally was discovered in , sitting feet down and 35 miles from Whitefish Point. One appealing aspect of shipwreck diving in Michigan waters is that it is almost never crowded. Glass- bottomed boat tours also are available commercially in Munising or through the Thunder Bay sanctuary to take people out to view wrecks without ever getting wet. You just get goosebumps literally. What a cool thing to be able to do. They include in-pool training and two open-water dives. Once certified, divers can explore depths up to 60 feet. Klapish-Widmer recommended joining a diving club. Most dive shops have them. They welcome newcomers but offer a wide range of diving events led by experienced divers. Divers who want to go farther can obtain additional certifications, such as night- and limited-visibility diving; shipwreck diving; cave diving; advanced diving, which allows diving to depths of feet; and technical diving, which permits even deeper diving. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. See also: List of shipwrecks of Isle Royale. See also: List of shipwrecks of western Lake Superior. Graveyard of the Lakes. Wayne State University Press, Detroit. Archived from the original on 25 November Retrieved 27 April Essex ". Lake Superior Shipwrecks. Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved 4 August Bowling Green State University. Retrieved 7 February Archived from the original PDF on 9 August Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Retrieved 13 January Retrieved 8 December Shipwreck Explorers. Archived from the original on 30 June Retrieved 24 April Worldpress Blog. Retrieved 6 September Retrieved 4 April Chicago Reader. Retrieved 12 December Toledo Blade. Retrieved 5 January Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 5 January — via Newspapers. Treacherous Waters: Kingston's Shipwrecks. Cris Kohl. Associated Press. 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A bulk steel freighter that ran aground in fog off Isle Royale. City of Ashland. A steam powered tugboat , which caught fire near the shore of its namesake city, Ashland, Wisconsin. A steamer that was stranded in a storm with a cargo of Chryslers. Cargo and passenger steamship that suffered a series of maritime accidents before her final collision with the Manitoba in Whitefish Bay. A paddlewheeler that struck a reef near Rock of Ages Light. A lake freighter that capsized near Deer Park. Went missing on Lake Superior on 1 December 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. A freighter that ran aground off Isle Royale. A decommissioned U. 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. A wooden freighter that ran aground in the Mataafa Storm of George M. A wooden freighter that sank off the shore of Isle Royale. Henry Steinbrenner. Great Lakes freighter lost in Lake Superior. A Wooden bulk-freighter steamship that sank in a snowstorm at Silver Bay. An steel-hulled steamer that was lost with all hands off Eagle Harbor ; Wreck discovered off Eagle River. A wooden steamer that sank near the Huron Islands. 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. Sank off Michipicoten , no lives lost. Wreck discovered in John B. Sank in Whitefish Bay with the loss of 14 lives after colliding with the Isaac M. John M. A Canadian canaller that sank off Isle Royale. A steel- hulled bulk freighter that broke in half near Two Harbors, Minnesota. Canadian lighthouse tender that sank in Whitefish Bay. A commercial schooner that sank off the coast of Long Island. A casualty of the Mataafa Storm in A bulk freighter that sank off Michigan Island. May Flower. Two-masted scow schooner that capsized off the Lester River. A schooner barge that survived the storm that took her partner, the SS Myron. The Miztec's good fortune ended when she sank in with the loss of all hands. She came to rest next to the Myron. Sank off Vermilion Point on Lake Superior. A passenger and delivery freighter lost in a storm off Isle Royale. A schooner that sank off the coast of Michigan Island. Lumber hooker lost in a storm on Lake Superior. A wooden schooner that caught fire and sank off Stockton Island. A tugboat that caught fire after rescuing a stranded steamboat. A commercial steamship renamed George M. Cox in that struck a reef near Rock of Ages Light. A commercial Packet steamer that caught fire and sank off the coast of Michigan Island. Samuel Mather. Samuel P. A schooner lost off Two Harbors. A steamboat that ran aground off the coast of Sand Island. Struck by a giant wave, broke in two and sank off the Keweenaw Peninsula. Collided with Willis L. King in Whitefish Bay. A wooden tugboat that sank between Madeline and Basswood Islands. Rammed by Nipigon in Whitefish Bay. William C. Broke in two in a summer storm on Lake Superior. Capsized in the Great Lakes Storm of Sighted floating upside-down 10 November identified as Charles S. Price before it sank on 15 November Wreck was not found until the 60s when it was found by Resbert R. 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. Iced up and slowly sank in a storm after passing through the Straits of Mackinac. SS Daniel J. Broke in two in a storm on Lake Huron , with the aft section coming to rest five miles from the bow. Shallow water shipwreck located in the harbor of Harbor Beach, Michigan. The Dorcas Pendell was a schooner built in and burned in place on 6 July after running aground. Collision in fog off Pointe Aux Barques. Smashed stem is in 60 feet and stern is at feet depth. Capsized off Point Aux Barques. Its wreck was discovered in July SS Isaac M. A lake freighter that sank in the Great Lakes Storm of While under tow by W. 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. 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. This schooner broke up in gale force seas in shallow water about feet of the Hope Island Lighthouse in about 30 feet of water near Midland, Ontario. 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. Wrecked north of Sturgeon Point Light. A wooden tug that sank near Pointe au Baril, Georgian Bay. 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. As the wreck took place near the island's Life Saving Station, no lives were lost. Wrecked during a storm and is in feet at north east end of Bonnet Island near Tobermory, Ontario. A glass-bottomed tour boat that sank in Georgian Bay , killing two students. The wooden three-masted schooner was run down by the steamer W. The ship sank immediately and the four crew on board drowned. A side-wheel paddle steamer lost in a storm in Georgian Bay. Wrecked in a storm at the west end of Bonnet Island in about 30 feet of water, near Tobermory, Ontario. A sidewheel steamer that capsized in a storm. A schooner that sank off the shore of Chambers Island. It was raised in and taken to Menominee , where it became a tourist attraction. However, it quickly deteriorated, and was demolished in to make way for a parking lot. A cargo carrier that broke in two and sank during the Armistice Day Blizzard. A self-unloading Great Lakes freighter caught in a vicious storm on Lake Michigan. Christina Nilsson. A schooner that sank in a blizzard off Baileys Harbor. A paddlewheel steamer that struck a pier in a gale at Muskegon , Michigan, sinking in four minutes. A bulk carrier that sank off the coast of Two Rivers. Daniel Lyons. A schooner that collided with the Kate Gillett off Algoma. A cargo ship that foundered in heavy ice west of Mackinaw City. Erie L. A cargo liner that sank in a storm near Green Island , Wisconsin. Rolled over in the Chicago River in Chicago, Illinois. A total of passengers and crew were killed——the largest loss of life in a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes. A schooner that ran aground off the coast of Liberty Grove. SS Francisco Morazan. Grounded and became a total loss in off the south shore of South Manitou Island. Frank O'Connor. A bulk carrier that caught fire and sank off the coast of North Bay. A schooner that sank in a gale off the coast of Centerville. George W. A wooden Great Lakes bulk freighter that caught fire off the shore of Evanston, Illinois. Grape Shot. A schooner that was run aground by a gale off the coast of Plum Island. An unidentified sloop off the coast of Sevastopol , believed to date from Grace Channon. Shipwrecks | Split Rock Lighthouse | MNHS

I blow the water from my snorkel, take a breath and kick away from the Linda K, waiting for the 19th-century wreck of the Bermuda, killer of three sailors, to show itself. The foot wooden schooner sank off Munising on the north-central shore of Michigan's Upper Peninsula in , becoming one of 10, or so sailing ships, steamboats and mammoth diesel freighters scattered across all five Great Lakes. Lake Superior alone has claimed about 1, Each ship's death added to the vast collection of underwater artifacts, tourist attractions and a thousand winter evenings' worth of stories filled with tragedy, heroism and spectral sailors and ships. Disaster has loomed over Great Lakes navigators since , when Lake Huron claimed the French fur-trading vessel Griffon and five crewmen in the lakes' first recorded shipwreck. By the late 19th century, one out of every four boats leaving a Great Lakes port in some busy seasons never returned. The human toll was devastating at times, including the lakes' deadliest wreck, the rollover of the Eastland at a Chicago dock, which killed By about , the era of frequent wrecks was fading as ship traffic decreased and aids such as radar and better weather forecasting arrived. Many sinkings resulted from on-board fires or collisions in the crowded shipping lanes of the late s and early s, but moody weather reigns as the champion ship-killer. It can truly turn to hell. On the most storm-lashed shores, such as Michigan's "Shipwreck Coast" along Lake Superior, waves can build into crashing hammers three stories high as they race across hundreds of miles of open water. A single storm on the Great Lakes has been enough to humble many saltwater sailors, who quickly learned that waves strike closer together on the relatively shallow lakes, giving ships reeling from one watery blow little chance to recover before the next comes. Waves, however, weren't the only threat. In late fall, when the worst storms tended to cause a spike in shipwrecks, many lakeshores welcomed anyone who escaped the water with a wall of wintry, primeval forest. For tourists tracing the lakeshores, lore of the lost ships is never far away. Guides on lighthouse tours spin heart-wrenching tales of ships going down in sight of the towers' beams. Billboards in Michigan's Upper Peninsula invite tourists to board glass- bottom boats and drift over the ribs of shattered hulls. In gift shops, shipwrecks decorate coffee mugs, posters, afghans and kids' T-shirts. Unlucky ships star at museums around the region, including the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum, which draws 80, people a year to lonely Whitefish Point in the northeastern corner of Michigan's UP. In shipwreck-heavy areas such as Whitefish Point, Wisconsin's Door County or eastern Michigan's Thunder Bay, shoreline visitors can almost hear the stories carried in on the breeze. As a graveyard for ships, the Great Lakes are nearly unique, thanks to their icy freshwater depths, which seem to forbid time from touching lost boats. While Caribbean wrecks might show divers no more than a coral outline, vessels that struck bottom in the lakes years ago often look almost like they could sail tomorrow. The lakes may soon lose this distinction, however, as zebra mussels carried in on saltwater ships since the late s are threatening to encrust many wrecks faster than archaeologists and divers can document them. The race against the mussels is critical to writing the history of Great Lakes wrecks, as mystery still enshrouds about 9, of the 10, lost ships. Most lost ships have never been found, and the names of many located wrecks are unknown. Each summer brings sport divers exploring the known wrecks, as well as divers and professional researchers following clues from old newspaper stories and insurance reports, recent sonar readings and other leads, hoping to pinpoint a "virgin wreck. Divers who venture into ships' inner rooms must always be ready for shocking discoveries, thanks to the lakes' slow decay rate. Among the "frequently asked questions" on the state of Michigan's website about underwater resources is, "What should a diver do when human remains are encountered on a shipwreck? Those who would search for wrecks must be ready for equal parts archaeology, history, scavenger hunt and finding the guts to stand on a frigid lakebed and stick your head into the darkness of a potential gravesite. One known gravesite that embodies the lure of the lake wrecks more fully than any other lies feet below Lake Superior's surface about 17 miles off Whitefish Point. Seemingly everyone living around the lakes can tell you where they were on Nov. Frederick Stonehouse says, "Because it was all hands lost in mysterious circumstances, that wreck will continue to haunt us until the Second Coming. Yet Tom Farnquist, who has visited the wreck numerous times and is a Fitz expert, acknowledges this epic wreck is simply the most dramatic chapter in a tale more than three centuries long. Dennis Hale knew 28 of them. The muscular, pound deck hand boarded the foot freighter Daniel J. Morrell in Detroit in November , leaving his wife the same foreboding promise given by so many mariners to so many anxious spouses over the centuries: One last voyage, then he would give up sailing. A raging storm soon gripped the Morrell, and the general alarm woke Dennis at 2 a. With no time to dress, he ran to the deck. Today, as he recalls the story in a matter-of-fact way honed by many tellings, he says he knew the ship was doomed when he looked at the stern. What did he see? The Morrell cracked in two within minutes, rivets firing from the deck like bullets as the sliding steel plates sheared them off. Dennis and three shipmates launched into the icy waves aboard a raft. He wore only shorts, a heavy woolen pea coat and a life jacket. The four clung to the raft in darkness, plunging through the center of foot waves and gasping for breath on the other side, only to drink in lungsful of frigid winds howling at 70 mph. On November 13, , a single storm sank 12 ships and killed people. The great blizzard of November 11, which I remember from my childhood in Minnesota , sank two ships and killed 46 people. The largest ship went down on November 10th, It was the S. Edmund Fitzgerald. The day before, the year-old Fitzgerald had left Superior, Wisconsin, loaded with almost 30, tons of iron ore pellets called taconite. In her star-crossed life the Fitzgerald had run aground once, she'd collided with the walls of the locks twice, she'd lost an anchor on one trip and suffered structural cracking on another. This time she left Superior with two damaged hatches. And twenty minutes after she sailed, gale warnings were posted. Just past midnight, winds were reaching sixty miles per hour and driving ten-foot waves. By the afternoon of November 10th, the Fitzgerald had suffered more damage and was running both her gallon-per-minute pumps. Then she lost the single antenna that served both her radar units. So she radioed the Whitefish Point radio station and asked for help with navigation. Now her troubles really began compounding. The Whitefish radio beacon was out. The Fitzgerald might've been helped by radio equipment aboard an ocean ship that was in port at Whitewater. But that ship's captain scoffed at the storm. He said, "This is just a lake ," and he sailed off. So the Fitzgerald blindly rode foot waves. She began to list. With water washing over her wheelhouse the captain sent a last tight-lipped message: "We're holding our own. The following spring, search boats found what was left of her on the bottom. Like the Titanic , she'd split in two as she sank. The stern section lay upside down, the bow, right side up. Gitche Gumee had claimed her th ship, and we're left with those words, "It's just a lake. I'm John Lienhard, at the University of Houston, where we're interested in the way inventive minds work. Church to honor 45th anniversary of Fitzgerald shipwreck – Great Lakes Now

Fathom Five National Marine Park in the Canadian side of Lake Huron, meanwhile, contains over 20 historical wrecks, most of which can be explored by snorkellers and divers. A shipwreck on a remote Lake Superior beach. This lake is the biggest of the Great Lakes - and the second- largest lake in the world at 31, square miles. An old shipwreck on the shores of Lake Superior, which is over 1,ft deep in places. Divers can safely examine many of the wrecks, which lie in water between five and feet deep. It's also possible to see them without getting wet — thanks to glass- bottom boat tours. The most infamous night of terror from Lake Huron's maritime history came in , when a great storm - nicknamed The Big Blow - sank 10 ships in one fateful night, and drove 20 more ashore. The rusting wreck of the Niagara Scow upstream of the famous falls, enveloped by rapids. The boat brought two men unnervingly close to the edge of the falls in This image shows just how close the Niagara Scow came to the edge of the falls. It can be seen here on the right of the image. As recently as , maritime archaeologists found two shipwrecks more than a century old on the Michigan side of the lake. Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary officials said they had confirmed the identities of the wooden freighter Ohio and steel- hulled steamer Choctaw. The Ohio sunk in and the Choctaw in , both in collisions with other vessels. All crew members were rescued from both, but five died from the Ironton, one of the vessels involved in the collision with the Ohio. That schooner is yet to be found. After the discoveries, Jeff Gray, the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary's superintendent , said: 'These remarkable discoveries remind us that the mystery is still out there — there are still shipwrecks to find, our team is excited to further document Ohio and Choctaw, and tell their stories. We'll keep looking for other wrecks and working to ensure that these treasures are preserved for future generations. Charles P. Labadie, a maritime historian, commented: 'Ohio and Choctaw are remarkable examples of two very significant Great Lakes watercraft, and both are beautifully preserved. Virtually all of their rigging and deck hardware is intact, and there is clear evidence of the accidents that claimed both vessels. It was lost during a storm in Of course, not all the wrecks on the lakes are the result of tragic accidents. You'll no doubt agree, having digested all this, that when travel restrictions are lifted, the Great Lakes will make for a wonderful place to be submerged in history. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. Storms, icebergs, and many other reasons have left thousandsof shipwrecks lying on the seabed. Some of the fresh-water bodies around the world have also witnessed a significant number of vessels sinking and resting under the water for years. The Great Lakes of North America is one of such prominent fresh-water bodies. Being the largest group of freshwater lakes in the world by total area, the Great Lakes have a history of marine transportation since the 17 th century. Having the sea-like features such as rolling waves, strong currents and great depths, these water bodies, also known as inland seas, offers a difficult time for sailors when traversing through the region. Innumerable shipwrecks of such hapless vessels have been discovered in the Great Lakes, which has given rise to the connotation — Shipwrecks of the Great Lakes, with even notable museums established as an educational memorial to these Great Lakes shipwrecks. According to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum, the lakes have caused the sinking of around 6, ships and the death of 30, people. However, historian Mark Thompson, the author of Graveyard of the Lakes has estimated that there are over shipwrecks on the bottom of the Great Lakes. With the fascinating stories behind their sinking, some of the shipwrecks in the Great Lakes are now popular diving destinations. Here a list of ten such noteworthy shipwrecks of the Great Lakes. Le Griffon, a 17th-centurybarque, is one of the greatest mysteries of the Great Lakes. Went missing in Lake Michigan in , Le Griffon is believed to be the first full-sized sailing ship traversed on the upper Great Lakes of North America. However, there have been over twenty claims made of its discovery in the past and most of the claims have been proven wrong. During its return trip from the island to Nigeria, the vessel went missing in an area which now known as Green Bay. Similarly, in , treasure hunters Kevin Dykstra and Frederick J. Monroe claimed the discovery of the wreck near Frankfort, Michigan. The saga of the vessel Edmund Fitzgerald is one of the most popular recounted Great Lake shipwreckanecdotes. Launched in , Fitzgerald was the largest ship on the Great Lakes, for thirteen years to come, until The American Great Lakes freighter was fatally wrecked during the winter month of November in the year on the Lake Superior with all its crew losing their lives. The vessel caught in a severe storm while travelling from Superior, Wisconsin to a steel mill near Detroit and sank in Canadian waters. The wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald was discovered by a U. SS Carl D. This self-unloading freighter which was used as both an icebreaker and a freighter had collided with another vessel, the MV White Rose, in , making damage to its hull. In the next year, the vessel caught in a storm and sank in a Lake Michigan, killing 33 crew members. The sinking of the vessel was caused by the structural damage. The wreck of Carl D. Bradley, laying feet under the water, was discovered in by the Army Corps of Engineers. The foot long bulk carrier Fedora was one of the larger class of freighters during that period. The vessel met with a fire accident in when it was en route to Ashland from Duluth to bring iron ore. One of the stoutest vessels built at its time, the Fedora met its unprecedented fate because of a fire outbreak in its engine cabin right at the start of the 20th century. Though none of the crew aboard the vessel lost their lives, the Fedora soon became a lost cause as it completely drowned into the waters of the Creek Chicago in the Buffalo Bay. Cowlestarted her voyage in to a disaster. John B. Cowlewas fatally wrecked when another ship collided with it, killing 14 of her 24 crew members abroad. The wreck of the vessel was discovered in and it is one of the remarkably well-preserved wrecks in the Lake Superior. Immediately after the sinking of John B. Cowle, a second John B. Cowle was put into service in The second vessel was successfully operated till Lost forever to the waters of the Lake Superior, the steamship Vienna went down fatally in September after jarring against another steamship accidentally coming at her from the opposite direction. Built in , Vienna had witnessed series of accidents during her year career, including a sinking after three years of launching. During the final accident, both the vessels, Vienna and Nipigon, were heavy with a cargo of iron ore. Through the other vessel did try to tug the Vienna to safety, the shoals prevented a successful rescuing operation. The wreck of the vessel was discovered in , laying to feet under the water.

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That schooner is yet to be found. After the discoveries, Jeff Gray, the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary's superintendent , said: 'These remarkable discoveries remind us that the mystery is still out there — there are still shipwrecks to find, our team is excited to further document Ohio and Choctaw, and tell their stories. We'll keep looking for other wrecks and working to ensure that these treasures are preserved for future generations. Charles P. Labadie, a maritime historian, commented: 'Ohio and Choctaw are remarkable examples of two very significant Great Lakes watercraft, and both are beautifully preserved. Virtually all of their rigging and deck hardware is intact, and there is clear evidence of the accidents that claimed both vessels. It was lost during a storm in Of course, not all the wrecks on the lakes are the result of tragic accidents. You'll no doubt agree, having digested all this, that when travel restrictions are lifted, the Great Lakes will make for a wonderful place to be submerged in history. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. Meghan Markle appears on CNN to pay tribute to 'quiet heroes' of the coronavirus pandemic and the 'power of the human spirit' in first appearance since revealing miscarriage in New York Times. Argos AO. Share this article Share. Share or comment on this article: Haunting pictures show some of the 6, shipwrecks that lie in North America's Great Lakes e-mail 3. The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down of t Comments 39 Share what you think. View all. The largest ship went down on November 10th, It was the S. Edmund Fitzgerald. The day before, the year-old Fitzgerald had left Superior, Wisconsin, loaded with almost 30, tons of iron ore pellets called taconite. In her star-crossed life the Fitzgerald had run aground once, she'd collided with the walls of the locks twice, she'd lost an anchor on one trip and suffered structural cracking on another. This time she left Superior with two damaged hatches. And twenty minutes after she sailed, gale warnings were posted. Just past midnight, winds were reaching sixty miles per hour and driving ten-foot waves. By the afternoon of November 10th, the Fitzgerald had suffered more damage and was running both her gallon-per-minute pumps. Then she lost the single antenna that served both her radar units. So she radioed the Whitefish Point radio station and asked for help with navigation. Now her troubles really began compounding. The Whitefish radio beacon was out. The Fitzgerald might've been helped by radio equipment aboard an ocean ship that was in port at Whitewater. But that ship's captain scoffed at the storm. He said, "This is just a lake ," and he sailed off. So the Fitzgerald blindly rode foot waves. One of the more harrowing Shipwreck Coast tales, according to Wilde, is that of the Nelson, a three-masted schooner that was caught in a gale in Whipped with mile-per-hour winds and pelted with freezing rain, the ship became encased in ice. The last to abandon ship, the captain jumped to the lowering yawl, but missed and dropped into the water. Just as he came to the surface, he watched the ship rise one last time and then quickly plunge, carrying the yawl and everyone in it to the bottom of the lake. The captain clambered aboard some wreckage and made it to shore, the sole survivor. The Nelson finally was discovered in , sitting feet down and 35 miles from Whitefish Point. One appealing aspect of shipwreck diving in Michigan waters is that it is almost never crowded. Glass-bottomed boat tours also are available commercially in Munising or through the Thunder Bay sanctuary to take people out to view wrecks without ever getting wet. You just get goosebumps literally. What a cool thing to be able to do. They include in-pool training and two open-water dives. Once certified, divers can explore depths up to 60 feet. Klapish-Widmer recommended joining a diving club. Most dive shops have them. They welcome newcomers but offer a wide range of diving events led by experienced divers. Divers who want to go farther can obtain additional certifications, such as night- and limited-visibility diving; shipwreck diving; cave diving; advanced diving, which allows diving to depths of feet; and technical diving, which permits even deeper diving. Diving, she added, is a wonderful activity for individuals and for families, including children as young as 10 years old. It is an accessible activity for people with physical limitations. Leslie Mertz is a freelance science writer and environmental educator.

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