Shipwreck · Alpena, Michigan

Harvey Bissell

A 162-foot wooden three-masted schooner barge, lost on November 24, 1905. In Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Look, don’t touch, and take nothing: removing or damaging anything on the wreck is illegal.

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Quick facts

TypeShipwreck, wooden three-masted schooner barge
Lost1905
Built1866
Seabed depth4.6 m (15 ft) below the surface
Charted depth3.3 m (11 ft) below Low Water Datum, over the wreck
Position45.0548°N, 83.4267°W (approximate, ±30 m)
Position known fromNOAA's nautical chart
From Alpena Marina498 m (1,632 ft), bearing 163° SSE
SourceNOAA Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary; Michigan DNR shipwreck locations (Michigan Underwater Preserve Council); NOAA ENC US5MI67B

How to see it

Underwater, so there is nothing to see from the shore. From Alpena Marina, 498 m (1,632 ft) away, CoastFinder draws it below the horizon at its bearing and distance, with its charted depth.

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Not for navigation. Positions and depths come from public charts and records, with their sources named above; they are for looking, not for piloting a boat.