The Great Lakes, a collection of five freshwater lakes located in North America, have been sailed upon since at least the 17th century, and thousands of ships have been sunk while traversing them. Many of these ships were never found, so the exact number of shipwrecks in the Lakes is unknown; the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum estimates 6,000 ships and 30,000 lives lost, while historian and mariner Mark Thompson has estimated that the total number of wrecks is likely more than 25,000. In the period between 1816, when the Invincible was lost, to the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald in 1975, the Whitefish Point area alone has claimed at least 240 ships.
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Africa
Africa
Ship
Africa
Sunk date
October 1895
Notes
Sank while carrying coal on the way from Ashtabula, Ohio to Owen Sound. Wreck discovered in June 2023.
Arabia
Arabia
Ship
Arabia
Sunk date
October 1884
Notes
Barque that foundered off Echo Island near Tobermory, Ontario in 120 feet (37 m) of water.
Argus
Argus
Ship
Argus
Flag
United States
Sunk date
9 November 1913
Notes
Wreckage found near Bayfield Ontario Canada
Athens
Athens
Ship
Athens
Flag
United States
Sunk date
7 October 1917
Notes
The schooner barge foundered after her towline broke in a blizzard.
CC Martin
CC Martin
Ship
CC Martin
Sunk date
1911
Notes
Tug lost with barge Albatross during storm off French River, ten lives lost.
Capsized in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913. Sighted floating upside-down on 10 November 1913 and identified as Charles S. Price before it sank on 15 November 1913. Wreck was not found until the 1960s.
City of Grand Rapids was a double-decker passenger steamer that caught fire while docked in Little Tub Harbour. For the security of the harbour, the City of Grand Rapids was towed out into Georgian Bay and released to burn. From there she drifted to the head of Big Tub Harbour where she burnt to the waterline and sank.
Clifton
Clifton
Ship
Clifton
Flag
United States
Sunk date
21-22 September 1924
Notes
The whaleback foundered in a storm near Thunder Bay Island.
Cornelia B. Windiate
Cornelia B. Windiate
Ship
Cornelia B. Windiate
Sunk date
27 November 1875
Notes
Iced up and slowly sank in a storm after passing through the Straits of Mackinac.
Broke in two in a storm on Lake Huron, with the aft section coming to rest five miles from the bow.
Coordinates
43°51′00″N 82°35′24″W / 43 °N 82 °W / 43 ; -82 (SS Daniel J. Morrell)
Dorcas Pendell
Dorcas Pendell
Ship
Dorcas Pendell
Sunk date
6 July 1914
Notes
Shallow-water shipwreck located in the harbor of Harbor Beach, Michigan. Dorcas Pendell was a schooner built in 1884 and burned in place on 6 July 1914 after running aground.
D . Hanna
D . Hanna
Ship
D . Hanna
Flag
United States
Sunk date
16 May 1919
Notes
A 552-foot-long (168 m) steel freighter that sank in a collision with Quincy A. Shaw.
The vessel ran aground and sank in foggy weather near south east end of Bear's Rump Island in Georgian Bay near Tobermory. The ship's smashed stem is in 60 feet (18 m) and stern is at 150 feet (46 m) depth.
Lost on Lake Huron during the Great Lakes Storm of 1913. Its wreck was discovered in July 2015.
Ironton
Ironton
Ship
Ironton
Sunk date
26 September 1894
Notes
A schooner that sank in a collision with the wooden freighter Ohio.
Isaac M. Scott
Isaac M. Scott
Ship
Isaac M. Scott
Flag
United States
Sunk date
9 November 1913
Notes
A lake freighter that sank in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913.
Coordinates
45°03′N 83°02′W / 45 °N 83 °W / 45 ; -83 (SS Isaac M. Scott)
James C. King
James C. King
Ship
James C. King
Sunk date
November 1901
Notes
While under tow by W. L. Wetmore, which was wrecked by a storm, James C. King was wrecked too at the northwest end of Bonnet Island near Tobermory, Ontario in about 90 feet (27 m) of water.
James Carruthers
James Carruthers
Ship
James Carruthers
Flag
Canada
Sunk date
9 November 1913
Notes
Lost on Lake Huron during the Great Lakes Storm of 1913.
Wooden bulk freighter wrecked in shallow water off the coast of Thunder Bay Island while towing a consort-barge to Duluth. While still stranded, its engine and boiler were salvaged, and the rest of it has since broken up and separated about 35 feet (11 m) underwater.
Lost in storm off Harbor Beach in Lake Huron in the Great Storm of 1913. Wreck discovered in 1985.
Coordinates
43°57′12″N 82°31′43″W / 43 °N 82 °W / 43 ; -82 (SS John A. McGean)
Kaliyuga
Kaliyuga
Ship
Kaliyuga
Flag
United States
Sunk date
October 1905
Notes
A wooden steamship lost in a storm. In October 1905 crew of 16 were lost
Lottie Wolf
Lottie Wolf
Ship
Lottie Wolf
Sunk date
16 October 1891
Notes
The schooner broke up in gale force seas in shallow water about 200 feet (61 m) off the Hope Island Lighthouse in about 30 feet (9 m) of water near Midland, Ontario.
Manasoo
Manasoo
Ship
Manasoo
Flag
Canada
Sunk date
1928
Notes
Discovered 200 feet (61 m) below the Georgian Bay in excellent condition with a 1927 Chevrolet Coupe inside.
Mapledawn
Mapledawn
Ship
Mapledawn
Sunk date
30 November 1924
Notes
This steel freighter ran aground in a snow storm on the west side of Christian Island near Midland, Ontario. She is in 35 feet (11 m) of water with part of the stem sticking out of the water.
Marine City
Marine City
Ship
Marine City
Flag
United States
Sunk date
28 August 1880
Notes
Sidewheel steamer passenger vessel. Caught on fire and quickly burnt down to the waterline. All crew survived; 5 of 150 passengers lost. Wreck sits in 3 feet (0 m) of water, just north of Sturgeon Point Light.
Coordinates
44°46'14 "N 83°17'22 "W
Metamora
Metamora
Ship
Metamora
Flag
Canada
Sunk date
30 September 1907
Notes
A wooden tug that burned to the waterline near Pointe au Baril, Georgian Bay.
While removing grain from the stranded Riverton at the northwest end of Hope Island near Midland, Ontario, high winds blew her into shallow waters grounding her in 20 feet (6 m) of water.
Minnedosa
Minnedosa
Ship
Minnedosa
Flag
Canada
Sunk date
20 October 1905
Notes
Sank while in tow, near Harbor Beach, Michigan; Nine crew and passengers lost.
Monohansett
Monohansett
Ship
Monohansett
Sunk date
23 November 1907
Notes
The wooden steam barge sank after catching fire near Thunder Bay Island in Lake Huron. As the wreck took place near the island's Life Saving Station, there were no deaths.
Started leaking and became beached, later abandoned.
Ohio
Ohio
Ship
Ohio
Flag
United States
Sunk date
26 September 1894
Notes
A wooden freighter that sank in a collision with the schooner Ironton.
Philo Scoville
Philo Scoville
Ship
Philo Scoville
Sunk date
October 1889
Notes
Wrecked during a storm and is in 100 feet (30 m) of water at north east end of Bonnet Island near Tobermory, Ontario.
Regina
Regina
Ship
Regina
Flag
Canada
Sunk date
10 November 1913
Notes
Lost on Lake Huron during the Great Lakes Storm of 1913.
R . Coburn
R . Coburn
Ship
R . Coburn
Sunk date
19 October 1871
Notes
A passenger and cargo freighter that sank in a storm.
Searchlight
Searchlight
Ship
Searchlight
Flag
United States
Sunk date
23 April 1907
Notes
A fishing tug lost with crew of six In November 1913 some of the wreckage and the remains of an unknown crewman were found at Harbor Beach after the Great Lakes Storm of 1913
Sweepstakes
Sweepstakes
Ship
Sweepstakes
Flag
Canada
Sunk date
September 1885
Notes
A schooner that was damaged off Cove Island in August, then sank a month later in Big Tub Harbour, near Tobermory.
Capsized in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913. Sighted floating upside-down on 10 November 1913 and identified as Charles S. Price before it sank on 15 November 1913. Wreck was not found until the 1960s.
City of Grand Rapids was a double-decker passenger steamer that caught fire while docked in Little Tub Harbour. For the security of the harbour, the City of Grand Rapids was towed out into Georgian Bay and released to burn. From there she drifted to the head of Big Tub Harbour where she burnt to the waterline and sank.
Clifton
United States
21-22 September 1924
The whaleback foundered in a storm near Thunder Bay Island.
Cornelia B. Windiate
27 November 1875
Iced up and slowly sank in a storm after passing through the Straits of Mackinac.
Broke in two in a storm on Lake Huron, with the aft section coming to rest five miles from the bow.
43°51′00″N 82°35′24″W / 43 °N 82 °W / 43 ; -82 (SS Daniel J. Morrell)
Dorcas Pendell
6 July 1914
Shallow-water shipwreck located in the harbor of Harbor Beach, Michigan. Dorcas Pendell was a schooner built in 1884 and burned in place on 6 July 1914 after running aground.
D . Hanna
United States
16 May 1919
A 552-foot-long (168 m) steel freighter that sank in a collision with Quincy A. Shaw.
The vessel ran aground and sank in foggy weather near south east end of Bear's Rump Island in Georgian Bay near Tobermory. The ship's smashed stem is in 60 feet (18 m) and stern is at 150 feet (46 m) depth.
Lost on Lake Huron during the Great Lakes Storm of 1913. Its wreck was discovered in July 2015.
Ironton
26 September 1894
A schooner that sank in a collision with the wooden freighter Ohio.
Isaac M. Scott
United States
9 November 1913
A lake freighter that sank in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913.
45°03′N 83°02′W / 45 °N 83 °W / 45 ; -83 (SS Isaac M. Scott)
James C. King
November 1901
While under tow by W. L. Wetmore, which was wrecked by a storm, James C. King was wrecked too at the northwest end of Bonnet Island near Tobermory, Ontario in about 90 feet (27 m) of water.
James Carruthers
Canada
9 November 1913
Lost on Lake Huron during the Great Lakes Storm of 1913.
Wooden bulk freighter wrecked in shallow water off the coast of Thunder Bay Island while towing a consort-barge to Duluth. While still stranded, its engine and boiler were salvaged, and the rest of it has since broken up and separated about 35 feet (11 m) underwater.
Lost in storm off Harbor Beach in Lake Huron in the Great Storm of 1913. Wreck discovered in 1985.
43°57′12″N 82°31′43″W / 43 °N 82 °W / 43 ; -82 (SS John A. McGean)
Kaliyuga
United States
October 1905
A wooden steamship lost in a storm. In October 1905 crew of 16 were lost
Lottie Wolf
16 October 1891
The schooner broke up in gale force seas in shallow water about 200 feet (61 m) off the Hope Island Lighthouse in about 30 feet (9 m) of water near Midland, Ontario.
Manasoo
Canada
1928
Discovered 200 feet (61 m) below the Georgian Bay in excellent condition with a 1927 Chevrolet Coupe inside.
Mapledawn
30 November 1924
This steel freighter ran aground in a snow storm on the west side of Christian Island near Midland, Ontario. She is in 35 feet (11 m) of water with part of the stem sticking out of the water.
Marine City
United States
28 August 1880
Sidewheel steamer passenger vessel. Caught on fire and quickly burnt down to the waterline. All crew survived; 5 of 150 passengers lost. Wreck sits in 3 feet (0 m) of water, just north of Sturgeon Point Light.
44°46'14 "N 83°17'22 "W
Metamora
Canada
30 September 1907
A wooden tug that burned to the waterline near Pointe au Baril, Georgian Bay.
While removing grain from the stranded Riverton at the northwest end of Hope Island near Midland, Ontario, high winds blew her into shallow waters grounding her in 20 feet (6 m) of water.
Minnedosa
Canada
20 October 1905
Sank while in tow, near Harbor Beach, Michigan; Nine crew and passengers lost.
Monohansett
23 November 1907
The wooden steam barge sank after catching fire near Thunder Bay Island in Lake Huron. As the wreck took place near the island's Life Saving Station, there were no deaths.
45°01′59 ″N 83°11′59 ″W / 45 °N 83 °W / 45 ; -83
Monrovia
Liberia
26 May 1959
A cargo ship that collided with Royalston north of Thunder Bay Island.
Started leaking and became beached, later abandoned.
Ohio
United States
26 September 1894
A wooden freighter that sank in a collision with the schooner Ironton.
Philo Scoville
October 1889
Wrecked during a storm and is in 100 feet (30 m) of water at north east end of Bonnet Island near Tobermory, Ontario.
Regina
Canada
10 November 1913
Lost on Lake Huron during the Great Lakes Storm of 1913.
R . Coburn
19 October 1871
A passenger and cargo freighter that sank in a storm.
Searchlight
United States
23 April 1907
A fishing tug lost with crew of six In November 1913 some of the wreckage and the remains of an unknown crewman were found at Harbor Beach after the Great Lakes Storm of 1913
Sweepstakes
Canada
September 1885
A schooner that was damaged off Cove Island in August, then sank a month later in Big Tub Harbour, near Tobermory.
A self-unloading Great Lakes freighter caught in a storm on Lake Michigan, it split in two and sank with all except two survivors. Their company did not believe that the ship split in two, since this was the first time there were any witnesses to see this happen. The weakened hull was due to too much sulphur in the metal causing it to become brittl
Chicora
Chicora
Ship
Chicora
Flag
United States
Sunk date
21 January 1895
Notes
A steamer that went missing in Lake Michigan-22 people lost
Christina Nilsson
Christina Nilsson
Ship
Christina Nilsson
Sunk date
23 October 1884
Notes
A schooner that sank in a blizzard off Baileys Harbor.
City of Muskegon
City of Muskegon
Ship
City of Muskegon
Flag
United States
Sunk date
28 October 1919
Notes
A paddlewheel steamer that struck a pier in a gale at Muskegon, Michigan, sinking in four minutes.
Continental
Continental
Ship
Continental
Sunk date
1904
Notes
A bulk carrier that sank off the coast of Two Rivers.
Daniel Lyons
Daniel Lyons
Ship
Daniel Lyons
Flag
United States
Sunk date
17 October 1878
Notes
A schooner that collided with Kate Gillett off Algoma.
Dreadnaught
Dreadnaught
Ship
Dreadnaught
Sunk date
September 1886
Notes
Schooner which was sunk after collision with the tug Cheney off Pt. Au Gres, Saginaw Bay.
Eber Ward
Eber Ward
Ship
Eber Ward
Flag
United States
Sunk date
20 April 1909
Notes
A cargo ship that foundered in heavy ice west of Mackinaw City.
Erie L. Hackley
Erie L. Hackley
Ship
Erie L. Hackley
Flag
United States
Sunk date
3 October 1903
Notes
A cargo liner that sank in a storm near Green Island, Wisconsin. 11 people were killed and 8 rescued.
Rolled over in the Chicago River in Chicago, Illinois. A total of 844 passengers and crew were killed––the largest loss of life in a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.
Fleetwing
Fleetwing
Ship
Fleetwing
Flag
United States
Sunk date
26 September 1888
Notes
A schooner that ran aground off the coast of Liberty Grove.
Francisco Morazan
Francisco Morazan
Ship
Francisco Morazan
Flag
Liberia
Sunk date
29 November 1960
Notes
Grounded and became a total loss in 1960 off the south shore of South Manitou Island. She ran over the wreck of the bulk freighter Walter L. Frost.
Frank O'Connor
Frank O'Connor
Ship
Frank O'Connor
Flag
United States
Sunk date
3 October 1919
Notes
A bulk carrier that caught fire and sank off the coast of North Bay.
A schooner that was run aground by a gale off the coast of Plum Island.
Green Bay
Green Bay
Ship
Green Bay
Notes
An unidentified sloop off the coast of Sevastopol, believed to date from 1840 to 1860.
Grace A. Channon
Grace A. Channon
Ship
Grace A. Channon
Flag
United States
Sunk date
1877
Notes
A three-masted wooden schooner that collided with the propeller tug Favourite 12 miles (19 km) south of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Hanover
Hanover
Ship
Hanover
Sunk date
November 1867
Notes
A schooner that struck a shoal near the Strawberry Islands.
Hennepin
Hennepin
Ship
Hennepin
Sunk date
18 August 1927
Notes
The first self-unloading bulk carrier; sprang a leak off the east coast of Lake Michigan.
Henry Cort
Henry Cort
Ship
Henry Cort
Flag
United States
Sunk date
30 November 1934
Notes
A whaleback freighter that ran aground at Muskegon, Michigan. One Coast Guardsman killed.
Hippocampus
Hippocampus
Ship
Hippocampus
Sunk date
8 September 1868
Notes
A passenger and cargo freighter that sank in a storm near Benton Harbor.
Home
Home
Ship
Home
Flag
United States
Sunk date
1858
Notes
A schooner that collided with the William Fiske off the coast of Centerville.
Iris
Iris
Ship
Iris
Flag
United States
Sunk date
1913
Notes
A schooner that ran aground off the coast of Washington Island.
Joys
Joys
Ship
Joys
Flag
United States
Sunk date
23 December 1898
Notes
A steamboat that caught fire at anchor in the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal.
Lac La Belle
Lac La Belle
Ship
Lac La Belle
Flag
United States
Sunk date
14 October 1872
Notes
A package freighter that sank after encountering a storm.
Lady Elgin
Lady Elgin
Ship
Lady Elgin
Flag
United States
Sunk date
8 September 1860
Notes
A steamship wrecked in Lake Michigan near Chicago following a collision with the schooner Augusta. The greatest loss of life (300) on open water in the Great Lakes.
A steamboat that caught fire in a snowstorm off Washington.
L . Doty
L . Doty
Ship
L . Doty
Flag
United States
Sunk date
25 October 1898
Notes
A steamship lost in a violent storm while towing Olive Jeanette.
Lumberman
Lumberman
Ship
Lumberman
Sunk date
6 April 1893
Notes
A schooner that sank in a storm off the coast of Oak Creek.
Margaret A. Muir
Margaret A. Muir
Ship
Margaret A. Muir
Flag
United States
Sunk date
30 September 1893
Notes
A wooden, three-masted schooner that sank in a storm off the coast of Algoma, Wisconsin. All six crew, except the captain's dog, survived. The wreck was discovered on May 12, 2024.
Meridian
Meridian
Ship
Meridian
Flag
United States
Sunk date
October 1873
Notes
A schooner that sank off the coast off Sister Bay.
Milwaukee
Milwaukee
Ship
Milwaukee
Flag
United States
Sunk date
22 October 1929
Notes
A train ferry that sank in a storm off Milwaukee with the loss of all hands. She lies about four miles (6 km) northeast of the North Point Lighthouse.
Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon
Ship
Mount Vernon
Sunk date
10 April 1869
Notes
Ran aground in weather off Kewaunee, Wisconsin.
Niagara
Niagara
Ship
Niagara
Flag
United States
Sunk date
23 September 1856
Notes
A palace steamer that caught fire and sank off Belgium, Wisconsin.
Northerner
Northerner
Ship
Northerner
Flag
United States
Sunk date
29 November 1868
Notes
A schooner that capsized off Port Washington.
Ocean Wave
Ocean Wave
Ship
Ocean Wave
Flag
United States
Sunk date
23 September 1869
Notes
A scow schooner that sank in a storm off the coast of Door County.
Pere Marquette 18
Pere Marquette 18
Ship
Pere Marquette 18
Flag
United States
Sunk date
9 September 1910
Notes
A steel-hulled car ferry that mysteriously flooded, and sank on Lake Michigan. 29 people were lost.
Phoenix
Phoenix
Ship
Phoenix
Flag
United States
Sunk date
21 November 1847
Notes
Wooden steamship that caught fire from over-stoked boilers and burned to the waterline off the coast of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, killing at least 190 but perhaps more than 250 of the nearly 300 people on board. Thirty-nine people survived in lifeboats and three were rescued from the water.
Prins Willem V
Prins Willem V
Ship
Prins Willem V
Flag
Netherlands
Sunk date
14 October 1954
Notes
Dutch general cargo motor vessel. Sank after colliding with an unlit oil barge in tow.
R. J. Hackett
R. J. Hackett
Ship
R. J. Hackett
Flag
United States
Sunk date
12 November 1905
Notes
The first Great Lakes freighter; caught fire, ran aground and sank in Green Bay.
A lumber freighter that took on water and was driven aground on South Manitou Island.
Toledo
Toledo
Ship
Toledo
Flag
United States
Sunk date
24 October 1856
Notes
Seventy-nine of 81 passengers and crew were lost when she sank near Port Washington, Wisconsin in 10 to 35 feet (3 to 10 m) of water. Also carried freight. Wood hull, propeller/direct acting steam engine built by B . Jones Co, Buffalo, New York 1854.
UC-97
UC-97
Ship
UC-97
Flag
Imperial German Navy
Sunk date
7 June 1921
Notes
A German Type UC III submarine sunk as a target off the coast of Highland Park, Illinois.
Walter L. Frost
Walter L. Frost
Ship
Walter L. Frost
Sunk date
4 November 1903
Notes
Stranded off South Manitou Island. Her carcass was struck by and caused the sinking of the cargo ship Francisco Morazan in 1960.
W. C. Kimball
W. C. Kimball
Ship
W. C. Kimball
Sunk date
May 1891
Notes
sixty-five-foot (20 m) wooden schooner sank off South Manitou Island; wreck in excellent condition.
Westmoreland
Westmoreland
Ship
Westmoreland
Sunk date
1854
Notes
Wreck was discovered in 2010 in Platte Bay, near Traverse City, Michigan.
W . Gilcher
W . Gilcher
Ship
W . Gilcher
Flag
United States
Sunk date
28 October 1892
Notes
W . Gilcher was a steel-hulled freighter that went missing on Lake Michigan on 28 October 1892. 18 people were killed.
William B. Davock
William B. Davock
Ship
William B. Davock
Flag
United States
Sunk date
11 November 1940
Notes
Sank near Pentwater in the Armistice Day Blizzard. 32–33 people were killed.
Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Ship
Wisconsin
Flag
United States
Sunk date
October 1929
Notes
A steamboat that sank off the coast of Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Ranked list
Ship
Flag
Sunk date
Notes
Coordinates
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Alpena
United States
15 October 1880
A sidewheel steamer that capsized in a storm. About 60 people were lost
America
28 September 1880
A wooden schooner that struck another vessel's scow line.
Anna C. Minch
United States
11 November 1940
A cargo carrier that broke in two and sank during the Armistice Day Blizzard.
43°47′13″N 86°31′52″W / 43 °N 86 °W / 43 ; -86 (SS Anna C. Minch)
A self-unloading Great Lakes freighter caught in a storm on Lake Michigan, it split in two and sank with all except two survivors. Their company did not believe that the ship split in two, since this was the first time there were any witnesses to see this happen. The weakened hull was due to too much sulphur in the metal causing it to become brittl
Chicora
United States
21 January 1895
A steamer that went missing in Lake Michigan-22 people lost
Christina Nilsson
23 October 1884
A schooner that sank in a blizzard off Baileys Harbor.
City of Muskegon
United States
28 October 1919
A paddlewheel steamer that struck a pier in a gale at Muskegon, Michigan, sinking in four minutes.
Continental
1904
A bulk carrier that sank off the coast of Two Rivers.
Daniel Lyons
United States
17 October 1878
A schooner that collided with Kate Gillett off Algoma.
Dreadnaught
September 1886
Schooner which was sunk after collision with the tug Cheney off Pt. Au Gres, Saginaw Bay.
Eber Ward
United States
20 April 1909
A cargo ship that foundered in heavy ice west of Mackinaw City.
Erie L. Hackley
United States
3 October 1903
A cargo liner that sank in a storm near Green Island, Wisconsin. 11 people were killed and 8 rescued.
Rolled over in the Chicago River in Chicago, Illinois. A total of 844 passengers and crew were killed––the largest loss of life in a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.
Fleetwing
United States
26 September 1888
A schooner that ran aground off the coast of Liberty Grove.
Francisco Morazan
Liberia
29 November 1960
Grounded and became a total loss in 1960 off the south shore of South Manitou Island. She ran over the wreck of the bulk freighter Walter L. Frost.
Frank O'Connor
United States
3 October 1919
A bulk carrier that caught fire and sank off the coast of North Bay.
A schooner that was run aground by a gale off the coast of Plum Island.
Green Bay
An unidentified sloop off the coast of Sevastopol, believed to date from 1840 to 1860.
Grace A. Channon
United States
1877
A three-masted wooden schooner that collided with the propeller tug Favourite 12 miles (19 km) south of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Hanover
November 1867
A schooner that struck a shoal near the Strawberry Islands.
Hennepin
18 August 1927
The first self-unloading bulk carrier; sprang a leak off the east coast of Lake Michigan.
Henry Cort
United States
30 November 1934
A whaleback freighter that ran aground at Muskegon, Michigan. One Coast Guardsman killed.
Hippocampus
8 September 1868
A passenger and cargo freighter that sank in a storm near Benton Harbor.
Home
United States
1858
A schooner that collided with the William Fiske off the coast of Centerville.
Iris
United States
1913
A schooner that ran aground off the coast of Washington Island.
Joys
United States
23 December 1898
A steamboat that caught fire at anchor in the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal.
Lac La Belle
United States
14 October 1872
A package freighter that sank after encountering a storm.
Lady Elgin
United States
8 September 1860
A steamship wrecked in Lake Michigan near Chicago following a collision with the schooner Augusta. The greatest loss of life (300) on open water in the Great Lakes.
A steamboat that caught fire in a snowstorm off Washington.
L . Doty
United States
25 October 1898
A steamship lost in a violent storm while towing Olive Jeanette.
Lumberman
6 April 1893
A schooner that sank in a storm off the coast of Oak Creek.
Margaret A. Muir
United States
30 September 1893
A wooden, three-masted schooner that sank in a storm off the coast of Algoma, Wisconsin. All six crew, except the captain's dog, survived. The wreck was discovered on May 12, 2024.
Meridian
United States
October 1873
A schooner that sank off the coast off Sister Bay.
Milwaukee
United States
22 October 1929
A train ferry that sank in a storm off Milwaukee with the loss of all hands. She lies about four miles (6 km) northeast of the North Point Lighthouse.
Mount Vernon
10 April 1869
Ran aground in weather off Kewaunee, Wisconsin.
Niagara
United States
23 September 1856
A palace steamer that caught fire and sank off Belgium, Wisconsin.
Northerner
United States
29 November 1868
A schooner that capsized off Port Washington.
Ocean Wave
United States
23 September 1869
A scow schooner that sank in a storm off the coast of Door County.
Pere Marquette 18
United States
9 September 1910
A steel-hulled car ferry that mysteriously flooded, and sank on Lake Michigan. 29 people were lost.
Phoenix
United States
21 November 1847
Wooden steamship that caught fire from over-stoked boilers and burned to the waterline off the coast of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, killing at least 190 but perhaps more than 250 of the nearly 300 people on board. Thirty-nine people survived in lifeboats and three were rescued from the water.
Prins Willem V
Netherlands
14 October 1954
Dutch general cargo motor vessel. Sank after colliding with an unlit oil barge in tow.
R. J. Hackett
United States
12 November 1905
The first Great Lakes freighter; caught fire, ran aground and sank in Green Bay.
Towing the barge Cleveco, she encountered a heavy gale and began to founder. She radioed in, but the United States Coast Guard was unable to locate her in the murk before she went down with a loss of 14 people. Owned by Cleveland Tankers, Cleveland. Wreck located by a commercial diver in 1969.
A wooden-hulled paddle steamer that sank after her boilers exploded. An estimated 70 lives were lost. She is the oldest steamboat wreck on the Great Lakes.
The tank barge sank off Pelee Island with a cargo of heavy crude and benzole; considered one of the greatest pollution risks on the Great Lakes. Discovered in 2015.
The passenger ship ran aground in a heavy gale and burned on the southeast shoal of Lake Erie.
Cleveco
Cleveco
Ship
Cleveco
Flag
United States
Sunk date
3 December 1942
Notes
While barge Cleveco was being towed by the tug Admiral, the tug-barge combination encountered a heavy gale. The tug sank first, and then the barge foundered.
The steam freighter, launched in 1889 as and until 1917 named Pontiac, lost rudder and driven ashore 5 miles southwest of Lyal Island. No fatalities; abandoned to underwriters.
G. P. Griffith
G. P. Griffith
Ship
G. P. Griffith
Flag
United States
Sunk date
18 June 1850
Notes
Between 241 and 289 lives lost when the ship caught fire. Third-greatest loss of life in any Great Lakes shipping disaster.
Grand Traverse
Grand Traverse
Ship
Grand Traverse
Flag
United States
Sunk date
20 October 1896
Notes
The bulk carrier sank in a collision with the Livingstone.
Towing the barge Cleveco, she encountered a heavy gale and began to founder. She radioed in, but the United States Coast Guard was unable to locate her in the murk before she went down with a loss of 14 people. Owned by Cleveland Tankers, Cleveland. Wreck located by a commercial diver in 1969.
A wooden-hulled paddle steamer that sank after her boilers exploded. An estimated 70 lives were lost. She is the oldest steamboat wreck on the Great Lakes.
Also known as Oneida, the package freighter sank in a storm off Long Point.
42°27′N 80°01′W / 42 °N 80 °W / 42 ; -80 (Arches)
Argo
United States
20 October 1937
The tank barge sank off Pelee Island with a cargo of heavy crude and benzole; considered one of the greatest pollution risks on the Great Lakes. Discovered in 2015.
41°38′N 82°30′W / 41 °N 82 °W / 41 ; -82 (Argo)
Armenia
United States
8 May 1906
The schooner barge sank after springing a leak
Aycliffe Hall
Canada
11 November 1936
Sank off Long Point.
Bay Coal Schooner
mid 1800s
The schooner suddenly sank off Bay Village, Ohio. Wreck believed to be Industry, which sank in 1874.
The passenger ship ran aground in a heavy gale and burned on the southeast shoal of Lake Erie.
Cleveco
United States
3 December 1942
While barge Cleveco was being towed by the tug Admiral, the tug-barge combination encountered a heavy gale. The tug sank first, and then the barge foundered.
