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It was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George Herbert. Captain Charlie Johnson and lumber clerk William Hicks were discussing their trip one-hundred miles up the north shore of Lake Superior with provisions for the [...]
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The Kiowa launched in 1920. The Kiowa was a steel bulk freight steamer 251 feet long that was driven ashore in a gale on November 30, 1929. The remains are in shallow water about 40 feet deep. Huge sections of her hull are visible from the surface on [...]
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Smith Moore was an early wooden steam barge launched in 1880 is perhaps the best known shipwreck in the Preserve. She was damaged in a collision on July 13, 1889 on Lake Superior and lost while in tow next to Grand Island. She rests now in 70 to 105 [...]
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The Burmuda, Wooden schooner, 394 gt., approximately 130 ft., sunk in Murray Bay, October, 1870. This wreck was confused for many years with the Dreadnaught and the Granada which were both salvaged from wrecks in Murray Bay. Also known as the Mur [...]
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The Oneida Chief, a Wooden schooner, 262 gt., approximately 120 ft., broke up on shore at Au Sable Point, May 1868. The general location of this wreck is known, but she is likely buried in the sand just off the beach near Au Sable Point. Locati [...]
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The Oriole was rammed broadside by the upbound sidewheeler ILLINOIS and cut in two. ILLINOIS, in danger of sinking, made for Munising, while ORIOLE was left behind to founder quickly. The accident happened in fog. ORIOLE had passengers aboard, 3 of w [...]
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The Superior, a wooden sidewheeler, 184 ft., 646 gt., was driven against a reef October 30, 1856 at Pictured Rocks in a harrowing accident which claimed about 40 passengers' lives. The wreck lies in 10 to 15 ft. of water and is broken up. Her ribs an [...]
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The Merchant was a Wooden schooner, 78 gt., 77 ft., and went missing with all hands June 13, 1847. Contemporary accounts place the foundering of this historic wreck around Grand Island. She remains undiscovered and is the subject of a continuous [...]
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The shipwrecks of the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore area are nearly as well known as the rock fomations that give the area its name. Rock cliffs dominate much the shoreline, but the shore marks the boundary between two very different en‐ ronmen [...]
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