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Shipwrecks of the Great Lakes

    The Great Lakes are a series of large interconnected freshwater lakes spanning the Canada-United States border including Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Superior plus Lake St. Clair. The Great Lakes Waterway enables shipping by water amongst the lakes and connecting to the Atlantic Ocean via the St. Lawrence River, and to the Mississippi River basin through the Illinois Waterway.

   Large and prone to sudden storms with many dangerous islands and reefs, thousands of vessels have been lost throughout the Great Lakes since the GRIFFIN (GRIFFON?) in 1679. Here are a few of those lost.

1975.11.10 - EDMUND FITZGERALD - Am. cargo - 13,632 ton - lost off Whitefish Bay
1966.11.19 - NORDMEER - German cargo - 8,683 ton - stranded off Alpena, MI.
1953.05.11 - HENRY STEINBRENNER - Am. cargo - 4,345 ton - foundered off Isle Royale
1949.09.17 - NORONIC - Cdn. liner - 6,905 ton - caught fire at Toronto, ON.
1947.09.24 - MILVERTON - Cdn. cargo - fire near Morrsiburg, ON.
1934.11.30 - HENRY CORT - Am. cargo - 2,234 ton - ashore near Muskegon, MI.
1929.10.29 - WISCONSIN - Am. cargo - 1,921 ton - sank in Kenosha, WI.
1927.12.08 - KAMLOOPS - Cdn. cargo - 2,302 ton - sank near Isle Royale, MI.
1924.12.03 - LAKELAND - Am. liner - 2,425 ton - foundered in Sturgeon Bay, WI.
1915.07.24 - EASTLAND - Am. liner - 1,961 ton - capsized at Chicago, IL.
1914.04.28 - BENJAMIN B. NOBLE - Am. cargo - 1,481 ton - sank off Duluth, MN.
1913.11.09 - ARGUS - Am. cargo - 4,707 ton - missing on Lake Huron
1913.11.09 - CHARLES S. PRICE - Am. cargo - 6,322 ton - missing off Port Sanilac, MI.
1913.11.09 - HENRY B. SMITH - Am. cargo - 6,631 ton - missing off Marquette, MI.
1913.11.09 - HYDRUS - Am. cargo - 4,714 ton - missing off Lexington, MI.
1913.11.09 - ISAAC M. SCOTT - Am. cargo - 6,372 ton - missing off Port Elgin, ON.
1913.11.09 - JOHN A. MCGEAN - Am. cargo - 5,100 ton - missing off Port Sanilac, MI.
1913.11.09 - LEAFIELD - Cdn. cargo - 1,453 ton - missing off Thunder Bay, ON.
1913.11.09 - REGINA - Cdn. cargo - 1,927 ton - missing off Port Sanilac, MI.
1913.11.08 - JAMES C. CARRUTHERS - Cdn. cargo - 7,862 ton - missing off Goderich, ON.
1913.11.08 - WEXFORD - Cdn. cargo - 2,104 ton - missing off Sarnia, ON.
1911.08.11 - GUNILDA - Am. steam yach ton - 385 ton - stranded at Nipigon Bay, ON.
1909.12.08 - MARQUETTE & BESSEMER #2 - Am. ferry - 3,818 ton - lost off Conneaut, OH.
1909.12.08 - CLARION - Am. cargo - 1,712 ton - lost off Point Pelee, Lake Erie
1907.10.11 - CYPRUS - Am. cargo - 4,900 ton - foundered near Big Two-Hearted River
1895.01.21 - CHICORA - Am. liner - 1,123 ton - missing off St. Joseph, MI.
1893.10.14 - DEAN RICHMOND - Am. cargo - 1,432 ton - foundered off Dunkirk, NY.
1889.09.12 - ROTHESAY - Cdn. paddle-wheeler - 839 ton - collision near Prescott, ON.
1889.07.13 - SMITH MOORE - Am. cargo - 1,191 ton - lost off Munising, MI.
1888.05.30 - MAGGIE MCRAE - Cdn. cargo - 329 ton - foundered in ice at Thunder Bay
1887.10.29 - VERNON - Am. steamer - 695 ton - foundered off Manitowoc, WI.
1885.11.07 - ALGOMA - Cdn. steamer - 1,773 ton - stranded at Isle Royale, MI.
1883.11.16 - MANISTEE - Am. steamer - 677 ton - lost off Keweenaw Peninsula, MI.
1877.07.25 - CUMBERLAND - Cdn. paddle-wheeler - 418 ton - stranded at Isle Royale, MI.
1868.04.09 - SEA BIRD - Am. paddle-wheeler - 638 ton - lost off Waukegan, IL.
1865.08.12 - PEWABIC - Cdn. cargo - 960 ton - collision off Thunder Bay I., MI.
1863.08.28 - SUNBEAM - Am. paddle-wheeler - 398 ton - missing off Eagle Harbor, MI.
1862.11.--   - BLACK HAWK - Am. brig - lost off Frankfort, Lake Michigan
1856.10.29 - SUPERIOR - Am. paddle-wheeler - 567 ton - sank near Grand Island, MI.
1856.10.24 - TOLEDO - Am. steamer - 585 ton - foundered off Port Washington, WI.
1856.09.24 - NIAGARA - Am. paddle-wheeler - 1,099 ton - lost near Racine, WI.
1854.12.08 - WESTMORELAND - Am. steamer - 665 ton - foundered off Sleeping Bear Point
1852.08.20 - ATLANTIC - Am. paddle-wheeler - 1,155 ton - collision in Long Point
1841.08.09 - ERIE - Am. paddle-wheeler - 497 ton - explosion off Silver Creek, NY.
1833.10.09 - GEORGE WASHINGTON - Am. paddle-wheeler - 605 ton - ashore on Long Point
1821.11.01 - WALK IN THE WATER - Am. paddle-wheeler - 338 ton - ashore at Point Abino
1813.08.08 - HAMILTON - Am. gunboat - 76 ton - squall off Port Dalhousie, ON.
1813.08.08 - SCOURGE - Am. gunboat - 50 ton - foundered off Port Dalhousie, ON.
1804.10.08 - SPEEDY (HMS) - Brit. schnr - missing off Lakeport, Lake Ontario, ON.
1793.12.18 - ONONDAGA (HMS) - Brit. gunboa ton - 100 ton - wrecked at Toronto, ON.
1783.11.23 - ONTARIO - Brit. sloop - 100 ton - lost off Oswego, Lake Ontario, NY.
1764.06.17 - LE BLANC HENRY - French frigate - foundered off Kingston, ON.
1721.07.02 - LE JEAN FLORIN - French frigate - foundered off Erie, PA.
1679.09.18 - GRIFFIN - French gunboat - 75 ton - lost near Tobermory, ON.

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