Shipwreck · Alpena, Michigan

Vienna (lost 1906)

A wreck in Lake Huron, in Michigan's Thunder Bay Underwater Preserve, at Thunder Bay Island. Lost in 1906 (foundered). Michigan law protects its Great Lakes shipwrecks: look, take nothing.

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Quick facts

TypeShipwreck, schooner, 2-mast
Lost27 October 1906
Built1871
Seabed depth21.3 m (70 ft) below the surface
Position45.0792°N, 83.1361°W (approximate, ±300 m)
Position known fromOne rough record: approximate
From By boat off Thunder Bay Island8.0 km (5.0 mi), bearing 57° ENE
SourceMichigan 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, 8.0 km (5.0 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.