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Lake Michigan Shipwrecks The cold waters of Lake Michigan help preserve for the ages a wealth of underwater resources. ) . i k c e r a J m i J y b o t Underwater Museums o h P ( Story By Kathy Andrews its borders. But it is the approximately 1 bors, ice, unexpected storms), others to million acres of Lake Michigan that Illinois mechanical or human error. Within the Photos By Cris Kohl owns that make this a maritime state. Great Lakes lie an estimated 6,000 to This network of waterways is what 10,000 shipwrecks, with several hun - he waters off Chicago’s Magnifi - made Illinois a hub for distribution of dred within Illinois’ portion of Lake Michi - cent Mile are known for incredible goods and services throughout the fron - gan. An estimated 195 steamships lie fishing opportunities. Anglers tier. With hundreds of ships plying the wrecked on the beds of the Mississippi anxiously await the annual runs waters daily, casualties occurred. Some and Illinois rivers. T of Coho and chinook salmon, yel - due to nature (shallow water, dangerous “There are a number of popular low perch, smallmouth bass and rain - current, sandbars, a lack of natural har - shallow and rewarding Lake Michigan bow, lake and brown trout. Sportsmen of a different sort spend hours beneath those waters, watching fish found congregating in and around another fascinating resource—Lake Michigan’s shipwrecks. Illinois is a water-rich state, bordered by 880 miles of rivers and an additional 87,100 miles of rivers and streams within Just off the Chicago beach front, divers can explore the Straits of Mackinac (above), scuttled in 2003, and the Wells Burt, a three-masted schooner that sank in 1883. 10 / Outdoor Illinois June 2006 ) . Photographed as it was purposely s d l i h C t sank in 2000, structures on the Holly e h C y b Barge now support a diversity of o t o h P ( plant, invertebrate and fish life. shipwreck dive sites a short boat ride With more than 2,000 dives under ment suitable for the long-term preser - from the Chicago shoreline,” said Cris his belt, Kohl is intimately familiar with vation of shipwrecks.” Kohl, a former high school English and Great Lakes wrecks. Before you dig out your dive gear or history teacher who wrote his first book “Some of the best shipwrecks in the sign up for a class, a word of caution is on the Great Lakes maritime history in world are the cold-water museums lying in order. Lake Michigan diving condi - 1985, spurring a career change to the within the waters of the Great Lakes,” tions are different from the clear, warm publication world. Kohl explained. “Within a few decades waters many certified divers are accus - of going down, marine worms penetrate tomed to, and many have not attained and obliterate wooden ships submerged the level of expertise required for ship - The cold, fresh water of Lake Michigan in saltwater environments. The combi - wrecks (wreck diver certification is has helped preserve wooden struc - nation of cold, fresh water and absence required for penetration dives). Contact tures on the Wells Burt for 123 years. of those organisms creates an environ - a local dive establishment for informa - June 2006 Outdoor Illinois / 11 ) . r e f e i K y n Modern-day pirates o T y b s and claim-jumpers o t o h P beware ( hipwrecks—the physical structure and A dive on the tug Tacoma offers every- Sartifacts in and around it—are protect - ed by federal and state laws, and wrecks thing from scores of gobies peeking in Illinois waters more than 50 years old from holes within the zebra mussel- belong to the state. While diving is permit - ted on such shipwrecks, removing, disturb - encrusted boiler to panoramic views of ing or damaging any part of the shipwreck the double expansion steam engine or the associated artifacts is prohibited by state and federal laws and subject to vari - beneath the shadow of the dive boat. the project to receive state and federal ous criminal and civil penalties. clearance to scuttle The Straits of Mack - Covered under the federal Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1987 are the wrecks and tion on classes and accessing wrecks. inac as a dive site. “The food chain artifacts on the bottom of the 1 million acres The latest Lake Michigan wreck, the started developing almost immediately, of Lake Michigan Illinois owns. In 1990 as steel ferry The Straits of Mackinac, was with small perch, bass and crayfish the Chief Archaeologist with the Illinois His - toric Preservation, Tom Emenson authored intentionally sunk in April 2003 and is quickly finding protective cover inside the state Archaeological and Paleontologi - providing scientists and recreational the wreck. It also didn’t take long for cal Act. Now an Adjunct Professor in divers an opportunity to observe how zebra mussels to start attaching to the anthropology with the University of Illinois aquatic creatures colonize a new habitat. ship and divers are keeping a vigilant and director of the Illinois Transportation Archaeology Research Program, Emenson “Within weeks of sinking, divers were eye on the boat’s hull and recording the explained that in Illinois, shipwrecks are observing fish in and around the ship,” rate of infestation.” considered archaeological resources and said Patrick Hammer, owner of Scuba “While there is no active search taking receive protections similar to historic and prehistoric human skeletal remains, Emporium and one of the forces behind place, we know a number of unexplored mounds, earthworks, forts and village sites. After years of service as a sailing vessel, the 1889 Rotarian was docked and used as dance hall and restaurant. Bottles remain in the boat 75 years after it was scuttled. ) . r e f e i K y n o T y b s o t o h P ( 12 / Outdoor Illinois June 2006 Whether floating above shipwrecks or penetrating the hull after earning advanced certifications, divers absorb a historical perspective of Illinois. wrecks exist—some we know the loca - tion of, others we have vague history on,” Kohl explained. “We’ve yet to find the location of many of the old ships filled with garbage in the 1920s and 1930s and scuttled 8 to 12 miles off shore.” And the dive sites are not restricted to ships in Lake Michigan. Kohl elaborated: “At several locations in the Great Lakes, including a site off Chicago’s shoreline, petrified tree Want to learn more? stumps stand—remnants of forests pre - he Underwater Archaeological Soci - sent more than 7,500 years ago, some - Tety (UASC) of Chicago holds monthly time after glaciers sculpted the land now in their aircraft landing training. And 21 meetings at the John G. Shedd Aquarium known as Illinois. Scattered throughout miles off shore, in 251 feet of water, sits in Chicago. Members and invited presen - ters share their expertise on Lake Michi - the lake are at least 150 World War II a World War I UC-97 German subma - gan shipwrecks and history, and provide planes, put there by pilots unsuccessful rine, a ship used to raise War Bonds but updates on survey and research projects. destroyed as a stipulation of the Treaty For information, visit www.chicagosite. org/uasc.htm or write the Underwater of Versailles.” Archaeological Society of Chicago, P.O. Popular Wrecks “Diving on shipwrecks isn’t for the Box 11752, Chicago, IL 60611. faint-hearted as you usually are moving Check with your local dive shop for more information on Lake Michigan uilt in 1873, the 201-foot, three-masted around in a cold, dark environment,” shipwrecks and training to make your schooner the Wells Burt sank during a storm B Kohl concluded. “But I always emerge dive a safe and enjoyable experience. In in May 1883. The 11 crew and a load of coal planning a trip, ask for maps of the were lost. The boat sits in 38 to 45 feet of water with a smile on my face and a great wrecks prepared by UASC. approximately 3 miles east of Evanston. sense of accomplishment. No matter On July 29, 1936 after foundering with a where in the world I go diving, life can’t load of sand and gravel, 15 of the 22 crew on board lost their lives when the 239-foot Materi - get much better than when I come up al Services barge sank 7 years after it was from a dive and look back at the sun launched. Today, the nearly intact barge lies in After a day under water, divers can setting behind the gorgeous Chicago 22 to 38 feet of water about 2,000 feet north - pause to admire a spectacular Chicago east of the Calumet Harbor Light. lakefront skyline.” Near Chicago’s Clark Point Shoal and Rain - skyline sunset. bow Park, 2.5 miles north- northwest of the ) . Calumet Harbor Light, is the Tacoma. The 73- r e g r foot-long wooden steam-powered tug sank in e b h 1929 and lies 27 to 35 feet beneath the surface. s a K Resting on the lake bed, at a depth of nearly n a D 85 feet, is the 1889 wooden steamer the Rotari - y b o t an. After being abandoned as a sailing vessel, o h P the Rotarian was docked and used as a Chica - ( go dance hall and restaurant. It was scuttled in 1931 8.2 miles east-northeast of the Chicago harbor entrance to Lake Michigan. The most recent Chicago-area shipwreck, the 196-foot-long steel car and passenger ferry The Straits of Mackinac, was scuttled in 78 feet of water at 4:10 p.m.
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