Shipwreck · Alpena, Michigan

John T. Johnson

A 171-foot wooden schooner barge, lost on November 29, 1904, carrying lumber. 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 schooner barge
Lost1904
Built1873
Seabed depth2.1 m (7 ft) below the surface
Position45.0217°N, 83.2620°W (approximate, ±30 m)
Position known fromAn agency's record of where it was placed or found
From By boat off Thunder Bay Island3.8 km (2.4 mi), bearing 238° WSW
SourceNOAA Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary; Michigan DNR shipwreck locations (Michigan Underwater Preserve Council)

How to see it

Underwater, so there is nothing to see from the shore. From By boat off Thunder Bay Island, 3.8 km (2.4 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.