Shotline Diving

Sld Ship Type: Steamer

F. W. Backus (1846) (Earl Cathcart)

Explore the wreck of the F. W. Backus, a wooden-hulled steam propeller that caught fire in 1866 near Racine, Wisconsin, with no casualties reported.

Sld Ship Type: Steamer

  • F. W. Backus (1846) (Earl Cathcart)

    Explore the wreck of the F. W. Backus, a wooden-hulled steam propeller that caught fire in 1866 near Racine, Wisconsin, with no casualties reported.

  • Mary Stewart (1855)

    Explore the wreck of the Mary Stewart, a significant propeller steamer lost in a storm in 1866 near Grand Haven, Lake Michigan.

  • Wabash (1864)

    Explore the wreck of the Wabash, a wooden propeller steamer lost in 1866 near Port Huron, Michigan, with reports of her largely intact hull…

  • Ranger (1853)

    Explore the remains of the Ranger, a sidewheel steambarge that met its fate in Lake Erie during a gale in 1866.

  • City Of Buffalo (1857)

    Explore the wreck of the City of Buffalo, a significant sidewheel steamer transformed into a propeller freighter before its fiery demise in 1866.

  • Cayuga (1864)

    Explore the story of the Cayuga, a wooden steam tug lost to fire in 1866, and its role in Great Lakes maritime history.

  • Union (1855)

    Explore the wreck of the Union, a wooden sidewheel steamer lost to fire in the Detroit River in 1865.

  • Sebastopol (1855)

    Explore the wreck of the Sebastopol, a sidewheel steamer lost in a storm in 1865, now a site rich with artifacts and history.

  • Brockville (1863)

    Explore the wreck of the Brockville, a wooden steamer lost in a storm on Lake Michigan in 1865. A significant piece of Great Lakes…

  • M. Fannie Stafford (1863)

    Explore the wreck of the M. Fannie Stafford, a steam-powered tug lost in a boiler explosion on the Chicago River in 1865.