Shipwreck · Sleeping Bear, Michigan
Three Brothers
A 160-foot wooden steam barge that carried lumber on the Great Lakes. On September 27, 1911, bound for Chicago, her hull began leaking and her captain ran her onto South Manitou Island; all 13 crew survived. Sand buried the wreck for decades until shifting sand at Sandy Point uncovered it in 1996. She lies about 150 ft off the island near the old lifesaving station, the bow in about 5 ft (1.5 m) and the stern at about 45 ft: a snorkel or shore dive, reached by the island ferry. In the Manitou Passage Underwater Preserve and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Look, don’t touch, and take nothing: removing or damaging anything on the wreck is illegal.
Open in the viewer from Ferry dock, South Manitou Island →
Quick facts
| Type | Shipwreck, wooden steam barge |
|---|---|
| Lost | 27 September 1911 |
| Charted depth | 1.5 m (5 ft) below surface |
| Position | 45.0108°N, 86.0919°W (approximate, ±150 m) |
| From Ferry dock, South Manitou Island | 263 m (862 ft), bearing 127° SE |
| Source | National Park Service; Wikipedia; OpenStreetMap |
How to see it
Underwater, so there is nothing to see from the shore. From Ferry dock, South Manitou Island, 263 m (862 ft) away, CoastFinder draws it below the horizon at its bearing and distance, with its charted depth.
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Nearby
- South Manitou Island LighthouseLighthouse · 370 m
- Francisco MorazánShipwreck · 4.2 km
- North Manitou Shoal LightLighthouse · 11 km
- Point Betsie LighthouseLighthouse · 38 km
- Frankfort North Breakwater LightLighthouse · 44 km
- South Fox Island 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.