Shipwreck · Alpena, Michigan

Montana

A wreck in Lake Huron, in Michigan's Thunder Bay Underwater Preserve, at Thunder Bay. Lost in 1914 (burned). Michigan law protects its Great Lakes shipwrecks: look, take nothing.

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Quick facts

TypeShipwreck, steam barge
Lost6 September 1914
Built1872
Charted depth11.6 m (38 ft) below Low Water Datum
Charted depth11.5 m (38 ft) below Low Water Datum, over the wreck
Position44.9841°N, 83.2674°W (approximate, ±100 m)
Position known fromA survey or a dive fix
From By boat off Thunder Bay Island7.2 km (4.5 mi), bearing 210° SSW
SourceNOAA AWOIS wreck database (national export)

How to see it

Underwater, so there is nothing to see from the shore. From By boat off Thunder Bay Island, 7.2 km (4.5 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.