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  • Resolute C 73941

    Explore the history of the Resolute, a 19th-century steamship that served as a tugboat in Ontario and Quebec before its fiery demise in 1890.

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  • Laura Johnson US 140527

    Explore the wreck of the Laura Johnson, a wooden scow-schooner lost in 1890 during a storm off Racine, Wisconsin.

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  • Seagull (C)US 23526

    Explore the history of the Seagull, a wooden propeller vessel that met a fiery end in Tawas City, Michigan, in 1890.

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  • Gladiator (1854)

    Explore the wreck of the Gladiator, a two-masted lumber schooner that capsized during a severe storm in 1890, now presumed resting in deep waters of Lake Michigan.

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  • Huron C 71202

    Explore the wreck of the HURON, a wooden three-masted schooner that foundered in a summer storm off Point Pelee in 1890.

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  • Supply (1890)

    Explore the wreck of the Supply, a small scow-schooner lost in a storm on Lake Michigan in 1890, near Traverse City.

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  • D.J. Foley (1872)

    Explore the wreck of the D.J. Foley, a steam-powered tugboat that tragically sank in Lake Ontario after a fire in 1890.

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  • Foley US 6749

    Explore the wreck of the Foley, a wooden-hulled steamer lost in Lake Ontario in 1890. A significant piece of Great Lakes maritime history awaits discovery.

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  • Charles C. Ryan (Lake Ontario) US 126622

    Explore the wreck of the Charles C. Ryan, a wooden package freighter that foundered in Lake Huron during a storm in 1890.

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  • Levena US 48566

    Explore the remains of the Levena, a wooden scow-schooner lost in 1890, representing the small craft trade of Lake Michigan’s construction boom.

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