List of Great Lakes shipwrecks on the National Register of Historic Places
Lake Superior

List of Great Lakes shipwrecks on the National Register of Historic Places

Section Title: Lake Superior
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Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Location	City or town	Description

1	Algoma	Algoma More images	June 14, 1984 (#84001699)	Southeast shore of Mott Island 48°06′41″N 88°31′55″W / 48.111389°N 88.531944°W	Isle Royale National Park	The Algoma was a passenger steamer built in 1883. In November 1885, it ran into a blinding snowstorm, veered off course, and ran aground near Isle Royale.

2	Amboy Shipwreck Site	Amboy Shipwreck Site More images	April 14, 1994 (#94000341)	Lake Superior shore about a mile southwest of Sugar Loaf Cove 47°28′41″N 90°59′59″W / 47.478089°N 90.999858°W	Schroeder vicinity	Remains of an 1874 schooner-barge, associated with the nationally significant Great Lakes iron ore trade and the infamous 1905 Mataafa Storm that sank her.

3	America	America More images	June 14, 1984 (#84001708)	North Gap of Washington Harbor 47°53′39″N 89°13′15″W / 47.894167°N 89.220833°W	Isle Royale National Park	The America served as a communications link for the communities of western Lake Superior in the early 20th century. Beginning in 1902, she ran three voyages per week among Duluth, Minnesota, Isle Royale, and Thunder Bay, Ontario, as well as numerous small communities in between.

4	Antelope (schooner-barge) Shipwreck	Antelope (schooner-barge) Shipwreck More images	June 22, 2018 (#100002610)	7.5 miles (12.1 km) SE of Michigan Island in L. Superior 46°49′08″N 90°27′14″W / 46.818822°N 90.453868°W	La Pointe vicinity	187-foot wood-hulled steamship built in 1861 that initially hauled passengers. Later converted to a schooner.

5	Benjamin Noble (Shipwreck)	Benjamin Noble (Shipwreck) More images	September 20, 2007 (#07000984)	Mid-Lake off Knife River 46°56′00″N 91°40′00″W / 46.933333°N 91.666667°W	Knife River vicinity	The SS Benjamin Noble was a steel hulled package freighter package freighter built in 1909, that went down with all hands in 1914, in mid-lake off Knife River, Minnesota.

6	BIG BAY SLOOP shipwreck (sloop)	BIG BAY SLOOP shipwreck (sloop) More images	January 14, 2009 (#08001327)	Off the coast of Madeline Island, east of Big Bay State Park 46°48′31″N 90°38′44″W / 46.808695°N 90.645633°W	La Pointe	Remains of an unidentified small sloop, probably built around 1880, lying under 25 feet of water. Part of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Sites of Wisconsin MPS.

7	Chester A. Congdon	Chester A. Congdon More images	June 14, 1984 (#84001716)	Congdon Shoals on northeast end of Isle Royale 48°11′36″N 88°30′52″W / 48.193333°N 88.514444°W	Isle Royale National Park	Originally named the Salt Lake City, when constructed in 1907, the bulk steel freighter sank near Isle Royale in Lake Superior in 1918.

8	Cumberland	Cumberland More images	June 14, 1984 (#84001732)	Near Rock of Ages Light 47°51′28″N 89°19′39″W / 47.85775°N 89.3275°W	Isle Royale National Park	The Cumberland was a wooden-hulled side paddlewheeler built in 1871. In July 1877, she began taking on water after leaving Thunder Bay, and struck a reef near the Rock of Ages Light.

9	Emperor	Emperor More images	June 14, 1984 (#84001748)	North side of Canoe Rocks, on the northeast end of Isle Royale 48°12′02″N 88°29′30″W / 48.200556°N 88.491667°W	Isle Royale National Park	The Emperor was a freighter constructed in 1910, and at 525 feet in length, it was the largest Canadian-built freighter ever built at the time of her launching.

10	George M. Cox	George M. Cox More images	June 14, 1984 (#84001749)	Near Rock of Ages Light 47°51′28″N 89°19′23″W / 47.8577°N 89.323083°W	Isle Royale National Park	The Cox was launched in 1901 as the USS Puritan, a civilian transport ship. It was used by the US Navy in World War I, but returned to civilian service afterward.

11	George Spencer Shipwreck Site	George Spencer Shipwreck Site More images	April 14, 1994 (#94000341)	Lake Superior shore about a mile southwest of Sugar Loaf Cove 47°28′40″N 90°59′54″W / 47.4779°N 90.9983°W	Schroeder vicinity	Remains of an 1884 bulk freighter, associated with the nationally significant Great Lakes iron ore trade and the infamous 1905 Mataafa Storm that sank her.

12	Glenlyon	Glenlyon More images	June 14, 1984 (#84001750)	Glenlyon Shoals off Menagerie Island in Siskiwit Bay 47°57′08″N 88°44′53″W / 47.952222°N 88.748056°W	Isle Royale National Park	The Glenlyon was a freighter built in 1893. Over its career, it was owned by many companies, and hauled both package freight and bulk cargo, as well as, for a short time, passengers for both U.S.

13	Harriet B. (shipwreck)	Harriet B. (shipwreck) More images	August 9, 2018 (#100002773)	Four miles off Two Harbors 46°58′00″N 91°42′00″W / 46.966667°N 91.7°W	Two Harbors vicinity	Wooden barge that started life in 1895 as the wooden ferry Shenango No.2. Cut down to bulk freighter in 1918, and reduced to a barge in 1921.

14	Henry Chisholm	Henry Chisholm More images	June 14, 1984 (#84001752)	Near Rock of Ages Light 47°51′28″N 89°19′41″W / 47.85765°N 89.327983°W	Isle Royale National Park	The Henry Chisholm was a wooden freighter built in 1880, and was the largest wooden "steam barge" ever built in Cleveland, approaching the practical size limit for a wooden vessel of its type.

15	Hesper Shipwreck Site	Hesper Shipwreck Site More images	April 14, 1994 (#94000343)	Along the west breakwall in Silver Bay Harbor. 47°16′17″N 91°16′18″W / 47.271389°N 91.271667°W	Silver Bay vicinity	Well-preserved wreck of a bulk freight steamship, associated with the Great Lakes iron-ore and grain trades. Launched in 1890 and sunk in a 1905 spring storm.

16	Kamloops	Kamloops More images	June 14, 1984 (#84001769)	Kamloops Point 48°05′06″N 88°45′53″W / 48.085°N 88.764722°W	Isle Royale National Park	The SS Kamloops was a lake freighter that was part of the fleet of Canada Steamship Lines from its launching in 1924 until it sank with all hands off Isle Royale in Lake Superior on or about 7 December 1927.

17	LUCERNE (Shipwreck)	LUCERNE (Shipwreck) More images	December 18, 1991 (#91001775)	Off northeast shore of Long Island 46°43′23″N 90°46′02″W / 46.72315°N 90.76725°W	La Pointe	195 foot three-masted schooner built in 1873. On her last voyage in November 1886, dropped coal in Washburn, loaded 1256 tons of Gogebic iron ore at Ashland, and left for Cleveland.

18	Madeira (Schooner-Barge) Shipwreck	Madeira (Schooner-Barge) Shipwreck More images	July 23, 1992 (#92000843)	Near the base of Gold Rock 47°12′22″N 91°21′29″W / 47.206111°N 91.358056°W	Beaver Bay vicinity	Only known remains of a schooner-barge, a little-known ship type with sails to aid its tow vessel. Launched in 1900 and wrecked during the infamous Mataafa Storm of 1905, prompting construction of the Split Rock Lighthouse nearby.

19	MARQUETTE (shipwreck)	MARQUETTE (shipwreck) More images	February 13, 2008 (#08000027)	5 miles (8.0 km) east of Michigan Island, Lake Superior 46°50′02″N 90°25′47″W / 46.833889°N 90.429722°W	La Pointe	235 foot wooden bulk freighter built in 1881 in Cleveland. On Oct 15, 1903, heading east with iron ore in fair weather, she sprang a leak and sank.

20	May Flower (shipwreck)	May Flower (shipwreck) More images	August 28, 2012 (#12000560)	2.25 miles south of Lester River in Lake Superior 46°48′12″N 92°00′40″W / 46.803248°N 92.011061°W	Lester Park vicinity	Wreck of an 1887 scow schooner lost in 1891, an important example of a fairly common but little documented type of Great Lakes merchant vessel.

21	Monarch	Monarch More images	June 14, 1984 (#84001779)	Palisade area on the north side of Blake Point 48°11′20″N 88°26′03″W / 48.188889°N 88.434167°W	Isle Royale National Park	The Monarch was a passenger-package freighter built in 1890. In December 1906, the departed Thunder Bay for Sarnia in a blinding snowstorm.

22	MOONLIGHT shipwreck	MOONLIGHT shipwreck More images	October 1, 2008 (#08000979)	7 miles (11 km) east of Michigan Island 46°49′56″N 90°22′42″W / 46.832317°N 90.378383°W	La Pointe vicinity	Graceful sailing schooner built in 1874 by Wolf & Davidson in Milwaukee. Her topmasts were removed in 1889 when she was converted to a barge.

23	Niagara Shipwreck Site	Niagara Shipwreck Site More images	April 14, 1994 (#94000344)	500 feet (150 m) south of Knife Island 46°56′45″N 91°46′16″W / 46.945751°N 91.771245°W	Knife River vicinity	Rare, early remnants of a class of large tugboats built for timber rafting on the Great Lakes. Launched in 1872 and sank in 1904 after running aground.

24	NOQUEBAY (Schooner-Barge) Shipwreck Site	NOQUEBAY (Schooner-Barge) Shipwreck Site More images	June 4, 1992 (#92000593)	Off Stockton Island, in Julian Bay 46°55′45″N 90°32′39″W / 46.929167°N 90.544167°W	La Pointe	205 foot schooner-barge built in 1872 in Trenton, Michigan. On October 6, 1905 it was loaded with 600,000 board feet of hemlock lumber and being towed toward Bay City, Michigan when she caught fire and eventually sank.

25	Onoko (Bulk Freight Steamer) Shipwreck	Onoko (Bulk Freight Steamer) Shipwreck More images	July 23, 1992 (#92000845)	6 miles south Knife River 46°50′46″N 91°46′38″W / 46.8462°N 91.777333°W	Knife River vicinity	1882 iron-hulled steamship, prototype of the large Great Lakes bulk freighters that became critical to the steel industry. Sprang a leak and sank in 1915.

26	OTTAWA (Tug) Shipwreck Site	OTTAWA (Tug) Shipwreck Site More images	June 8, 1992 (#92000594)	Northern edge of Red Cliff Bay 46°53′08″N 90°45′39″W / 46.885556°N 90.760833°W	Russell	151 foot tugboat built in Chicago in 1881 that first towed rafts of logs across Lake Michigan. In November 1909, after helping free a grounded steamship, she mysteriously caught fire in the night, burned and sank.

27	PRETORIA (schooner-barge) Shipwreck Site	PRETORIA (schooner-barge) Shipwreck Site More images	August 17, 1994 (#94000835)	One mile northeast of Outer Island. 47°05′22″N 90°23′40″W / 47.089333°N 90.394333°W	Bayfield	Huge 338 foot schooner-barge built in 1900 in West Bay City, Michigan. On Sept.

28	R.G. Stewart (shipwreck)	R.G. Stewart (shipwreck) More images	December 27, 1991 (#91001850)	Off the southeast shore of Michigan Island 46°52′24″N 90°28′30″W / 46.873360°N 90.475023°W	La Pointe	100 foot wooden passenger steamer built in 1878 in Buffalo. On June 4, 1899 she ran off course in a fog and ran aground on Michigan Island, then caught fire.

29	Robert Wallace (bulk carrier) shipwreck site	Robert Wallace (bulk carrier) shipwreck site More images	October 14, 2009 (#09000828)	7 miles south of Knife River. Part of the Minnesota's Lake Superior Shipwrecks MPS. 46°50′50″N 91°43′44″W / 46.847283°N 91.728933°W	Palmers	Largely untouched wreck of an 1882 iron-reinforced wooden steam barge sunk in 1902, with significant research potential on the formative design and shipboard life of the first lake freighters.

30	Samuel P. Ely Shipwreck	Samuel P. Ely Shipwreck More images	June 18, 1992 (#92000694)	Along Two Harbors' west breakwall 47°00′42″N 91°40′40″W / 47.011667°N 91.677778°W	Two Harbors vicinity	Lake Superior's best remnant of the large ore schooners introduced around 1870, and a key part of local nautical lore for wrecking against the Two Harbors breakwater followed by the dramatic rescue of all hands in an 1896 storm.

31	SEVONA (Bulk Carrier) Shipwreck Site	SEVONA (Bulk Carrier) Shipwreck Site More images	April 9, 1993 (#93000229)	North of Sand Island 47°00′24″N 90°54′32″W / 47.0066°N 90.9089°W	Bayfield	372 foot steel steamer, built 1890 in Bay City, Michigan. Caught by a nor-easter on Sept 2, 1905, running from West Superior for Erie with 6000 tons of iron ore.

32	Thomas Wilson (Whaleback Freighter) Shipwreck	Thomas Wilson (Whaleback Freighter) Shipwreck More images	July 23, 1992 (#92000844)	7/8 of a mile outside the Duluth Harbor entrance. 46°47′00″N 92°04′10″W / 46.783333°N 92.069444°W	Duluth vicinity	1892 freight steamer sunk in a collision just outside Duluth Harbor in 1902, prompting operational reforms. Wreck is one of the best surviving examples of whaleback design.

33	T.H. Camp (shipwreck)	T.H. Camp (shipwreck) More images	September 15, 2004 (#04001001)	Off the coast of Basswood Island 46°49′51″N 90°44′07″W / 46.830699°N 90.735197°W	La Pointe	Steam-powered tugboat built in 1876. Served as a "purchase boat," collecting catch from remote fish camps as far away as Isle Royale or Canada.

34	USS Essex Shipwreck Site	USS Essex Shipwreck Site More images	April 14, 1994 (#94000342)	Lake Superior 46°42′46″N 92°01′43″W / 46.712706°N 92.028608°W	Duluth	Remains of a U.S Navy steam sloop active 1876–1903, scrapped and burned to the waterline in 1931. Only surviving remnants of a vessel by influential shipbuilder Donald McKay.

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On 14 April 1994, the USS Essex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

final_sentence: On 14 April 1994, the USS Essex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.