Shipwreck · Tawas, Michigan

W.C. Franz

A 346-foot bulk freighter built in 1901, lost on November 21, 1934, carrying light. 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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TypeShipwreck, bulk freighter
Lost1934
Built1901
Seabed depth70.1 m (230 ft) below the surface
Position44.6479°N, 82.9065°W (approximate, ±30 m)
Position known fromAn agency's record of where it was placed or found
SourceNOAA Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary

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