Shipwreck · Presque Isle, Michigan
Joseph S. Fay
A 216-foot wooden bulk freighter launched at Cleveland in 1871. On October 19, 1905, towing the barge D.P. Rhodes, both loaded with iron ore, she sank in a storm off Forty Mile Point; her mate was washed overboard, and the rest of the crew escaped in a lifeboat. A section of her hull rests on the beach and can be seen without getting wet; the main wreck lies about 300 yards out in 17 to 19 ft (5 to 6 m), for snorkelers, divers and paddlers. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, 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
| Type | Shipwreck, wooden bulk freighter |
|---|---|
| Lost | 19 October 1905 |
| Built | 1871 |
| Charted depth | 5.2 m (17 ft) below surface |
| Position | 45.4886°N, 83.9100°W (approximate, ±30 m) |
| From Forty Mile Point Lighthouse Park beach | 294 m (965 ft), bearing 16° NNE |
| Source | NOAA Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary |
How to see it
Underwater, so there is nothing to see from the shore. From Forty Mile Point Lighthouse Park beach, 294 m (965 ft) away, CoastFinder draws it below the horizon at its bearing and distance, with its charted depth.
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Nearby
- Forty Mile Point LighthouseLighthouse · 392 m
- New Presque Isle LighthouseLighthouse · 36 km
- Spectacle Reef LighthouseLighthouse · 36 km
- Old Presque Isle LighthouseLighthouse · 37 km
- Poe Reef LighthouseLighthouse · 42 km
- Fourteen Foot Shoal LighthouseLighthouse · 46 km
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.