Shipwreck · Alpena, Michigan

Isaac M. Scott

A 524-foot bulk freighter built in 1909, lost on November 10, 1913, carrying coal. 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, bulk freighter
Lost1913
Built1909
Seabed depth53.3 m (175 ft) below the surface
Position45.0653°N, 83.0392°W (approximate, ±30 m)
Position known fromAn agency's record of where it was placed or found
From By boat off Thunder Bay Island15 km (9.0 mi), bearing 79° E
SourceNOAA Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary

How to see it

Underwater, so there is nothing to see from the shore. From By boat off Thunder Bay Island, 15 km (9.0 mi) 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.