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NOAA Posts A New Photo Mosaic
NOAA Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary Posted to Facebook on January 30 · Take a moment to check out these images of the KYLE SPANGLER, a two-masted wooden schooner that sank off the coast of Presque Isle in 1860 after colliding with another schooner. Archaeologists use a handful of techniques to document shipwreck sites. A site plan…
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Wreck Wednesday 29 Jan 2025
NOAA’s Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary Posted to Facebook on January 29 · Hello everyone! It’s Wednesday and that means we welcome back to another #WreckWednesday! Today we are featuring the sidewheel steamer SHEBOYGAN! SHEBOYGAN was built in Manitowoc, at the Greenleaf S. Rand Shipyard, in 1869 as a sidewheel passenger and packet freight steamer for…
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Pere Marquette 28 Found
Michigan Shipwreck Research Association Posted on Facebook – January 28 · One of the greatest mysteries of the Great Lakes finally was solved recently with the discovery of the final resting place of the renowned car ferry Pere Marquette 18! The discovery of the huge steel vessel at the bottom of Lake Michigan amazed both shipwreck enthusiasts…
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3DShipwrecks Model Release F.T. Barney
Great Lakes Shipwreck Preservation Society – GLSPS Posted to Facebook on January 27 · We have just added a popular Lake Huron shipwreck to our 3DShipwrecks.org website and database. The 126 ft. two-masted schooner F. T. Barney was built in 1856 in Vermillion, OH. It had a relatively short career of eleven years with only one grounding…
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3DShipwrecks Model Release – 27 Jan 2025
Great Lakes Shipwreck Preservation Society – GLSPS Posted on Facebook – 27 January 27 · We have just added a popular Lake Huron shipwreck to our 3DShipwrecks.org website and database. The 126 ft. two-masted schooner F. T. Barney was built in 1856 in Vermillion, OH. It had a relatively short career of eleven years with only one…
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3DShipwrecks Model Release – Satisfaction
Great Lakes Shipwreck Preservation Society – GLSPS Posted on Facebook January 20 · We have just added a model of a Wisconsin tug boat to the 3DShipwrecks.org website and database. The 58 ft. tug Satisfaction was built in Buffalo, NY in 1871. Not much more historically is recorded for the twenty-eight year career of the Satisfaction. In…
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3DShipwrecks Model Release Finn McCool
Great Lakes Shipwreck Preservation Society – GLSPS Posted to Facebook on January 14 2025 We have just added an Apostle Islands shipwreck and popular dive site to our 3DShipwrecks.org website and database. The 135 ft Derrick Barge Finn McCool was built in 1926 and was used in the Apostle Islands lumber trade. Named after an Irish…
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Asia – Historical Niagara
Historical Niagara Posted to Facebook January 3 2025 The Sinking of the S.S. Asia was one of the worst on the Great lakes at the time and it was built in St Catharines here is her story. Built in 1872/73 at Simpsons Shipyard located along the Second Canal at lock 5(now Westchester near the 406) The Asia…
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3DShipwrecks Model Release – Peter W.
Great Lakes Shipwreck Preservation Society – GLSPS Posted to Facebook on December 27, 2024 We have just added a small Lake Michigan fish tug photographed by our partner Wisconsin Historical Society to the 3DShipwrecks.org database and website. The 35 ft fish tug Peter W. was built in 1945 in Wiinikka Boat Works near the south entry of…
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Updated Shore Dive – Big Elm
Allan Benton – Historic Cornwall and area in Photos and Stories December 19, 2024 · Big elm had to be cut when building the seaway.Credit most to the Seaway Divers site Biggest Trunk you ever did see.
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