List of shipwrecks in the Great Lakes
Lake Huron
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Sunk date

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Arabia

October 1884

Barque that foundered of Echo Island near Tobermory, Ontario in 120 feet of water.

SS Argus

November 9, 1913

Wreckage found near Bayfield Ontario Canada

CC Martin

1911

Tug lost with barge Albatross during storm off French River, ten lives lost.

45°30′56″N 81°04′13″W﻿ / ﻿45.51555°N 81.070277°W﻿ / 45.51555; -81.070277﻿ (CC Martin)

SS Cedarville

7 May 1965

A bulk carrier that collided with SS Topdalsfjord in the Straits of Mackinac.

45°47.235′N 85°40.248′W﻿ / ﻿45.787250°N 85.670800°W﻿ / 45.787250; -85.670800

SS Charles S. Price

15 November 1913

Capsized in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913. Sighted floating upside-down November 10, 1913 identified as Charles S. Price before it sank on November 15, 1913. Wreck was not found until the 60s when it was found by Resbert R. Martin.

43°11.89980′N 82°23.89980′W﻿ / ﻿43.19833000°N 82.39833000°W﻿ / 43.19833000; -82.39833000

SS Choctaw

12 February 1915

Sank in a collision with the SS Wahcondah.

City of Grand Rapids

29 October 1907

The City of Grand Rapids was a double decker passenger streamer that caught fire while docked in Little Tub Harbour. For the security of the harbour, the Grand Rapids was towed out into Georgian Bay and released to burn. From there she drifted to the head of Big Tub Harbour where she burnt to the waterline and sank.

Cornelia B. Windiate

27 November 1875

Iced up and slowly sank in a storm after passing through the Straits of Mackinac.

SS Daniel J. Morrell

29 November 1966

Broke in two in a storm on Lake Huron, with the aft section coming to rest five miles from the bow.

43°51′00″N 82°35′24″W﻿ / ﻿43.850°N 82.590°W﻿ / 43.850; -82.590﻿ (SS Daniel J. Morrell)

Dorcas Pendell

6th July 1914

Shallow water shipwreck located in the harbor of Harbor Beach, Michigan. The Dorcas Pendell was a schooner built in 1884 and burned in place on July 6th 1914 after running aground.

SS D.R. Hanna

16 May 1919

A 552-foot (168 m) long steel freighter that sank in a collision with the Quincy A. Shaw.

Emma L. Nielson

26 June 1911

Collision in fog off Pointe Aux Barques.

Erie Belle

21 November 1883

A steamship that exploded while attempting to rescue the stranded schooner J. N. Carter.

44°09′24″N 81°39′32″W﻿ / ﻿44.156741°N 81.658997°W﻿ / 44.156741; -81.658997﻿ (Erie Belle)

Exchange

Forest City

5 June 1904

Ran aground in foggy weather near south east end of Bear's Rump Island in Georgian Bay near Tobermory. Smashed stem is in 60 feet and stern is at 150 feet depth.

45°19.0′N 81°33.0′W﻿ / ﻿45.3167°N 81.5500°W﻿ / 45.3167; -81.5500﻿ (SS Forest City)

Hunter Savidge

Capsized off Point Aux Barques.

SS Hydrus

11 November 1913

Lost on Lake Huron during the Great Lakes Storm of 1913. Its wreck was discovered in July 2015.[11]

SS Isaac M. Scott

9 November 1913

A lake freighter that sank in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913.

45°03′N 83°02′W﻿ / ﻿45.050°N 83.033°W﻿ / 45.050; -83.033﻿ (SS Isaac M. Scott)

James C. King

November 1901

While under tow by W.L.Wetmore, which was wrecked by a storm, the King was wrecked too at the north west end of Bonnet Island near Tobermory, Ontario in about 90 feet of water.

SS James Carruthers

9 November 1913

Lost on Lake Huron during the Great Lakes Storm of 1913.

44°48′04″N 82°23′49″W﻿ / ﻿44.801°N 82.397°W﻿ / 44.801; -82.397﻿ (SS James Carruthers)

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The SS Argus was a steel hulled ship lost on Lake Huron on November 9 , 1913 during the Great Lakes storm of 1913 . She was carrying a load of coal when she wrecked . She broke in two and sank with the loss of all 25 hands . Portions of the wreckage were found by a local doctor along the shoreline at Bayfield , Ontario in mid-November 1913 .
SS Cedarville was a bulk carrier that carried limestone on the Great Lakes in the mid-20th century until it sank after a collision with another ship , MV Topdalsfjord .
The Straits of Mackinac ( /ˈmækɪnɔː/ MAK-in-aw ) are narrow waterways in the U.S. state of Michigan between Michigan 's Lower and Upper Peninsulas . The main strait flows under the Mackinac Bridge and connects two of the Great Lakes , Lake Michigan and Lake Huron . The main strait is 3.5 miles ( 5.6 km ) wide and has a maximum depth of 295 feet ( 90 m ) . Hydrologically , the two connected lakes can be considered one lake , which is called Lake Michigan-Huron . Historically , the native Odawa people called the region around the Straits Michilimackinac . The Straits of Mackinac are whipsawed by currents unlike anywhere else in the Great Lakes . Islands forming the edge of Straits of Mackinac include the two populated islands , Bois Blanc and Mackinac , and one that is uninhabited : Round island . The Straits of Mackinac are major shipping lanes , providing passage for raw materials and finished goods and connecting , for instance , the iron mines of Minnesota to the steel mills of Gary , Indiana . Before the railroads reached Chicago from the east , most immigrants arrived in the Midwest and Great Plains by ships on the Great Lakes . The straits are five miles ( 8 km ) wide at their narrowest point , where they are spanned by the Mackinac Bridge . Before the bridge was built , car ferries transported vehicles across the straits . Today passenger-only ferries carry people to Mackinac Island , which does not permit cars .
The SS Charles S. Price was a steel hulled ship lost on Lake Huron on November 9 , 1913 during the Great Lakes storm of 1913 . The Price was found on 10 November 1913 with her bow above water , and her stern dipping below . Because of her disposition , the ship 's length could not be measured to make a positive identification of the vessel : the wreck was initially assumed to be the Regina . The vessel was eventually identified as the Price before she sank on 17 November . The salvage rights to the Price were sold to the Great Lakes Towing and Wrecking company . In the summer of 1916 , salvage of the Price was attempted . Divers cut a hole in the side of the aft hull . The hole allowed divers to enter the wreck . They attempted to seal breaks in the hull and built bulkheads so that the wreck could be floated . However , salvaging the wreck was eventually considered too costly to be worth the expense and the Great Lakes Towing and Wrecking company abandoned attempts to raise her . Salvage rights were eventually sold to the American Salvage Co. , but they too were unable to salvage the wreck .
The Great Lakes Storm of 1913 , historically referred to as the Big Blow , [ A ] the Freshwater Fury , or the White Hurricane , was a blizzard with hurricane-force winds that devastated the Great Lakes Basin in the Midwestern United States and Ontario , Canada from November 7 through November 10 , 1913 . The storm was most powerful on November 9 , battering and overturning ships on four of the five Great Lakes , particularly Lake Huron . Deceptive lulls in the storm and the slow pace of weather reports contributed to the storm 's destructiveness . The deadliest and most destructive natural disaster to hit the lakes in recorded history , the Great Lakes Storm killed more than 250 people , destroyed 19 ships , and stranded 19 others . The financial loss in vessels alone was nearly US $ 5 million ( or about $ 129,343,000 in today 's dollars ) . This included about $ 1 million at current value in lost cargo totalling about 68,300 tons , such as coal , iron ore , and grain . The storm , an extratropical cyclone , originated as the convergence of two major storm fronts , fueled by the lakes ' relatively warm waters - a seasonal process called a November gale . It produced 90 mph ( 140 km/h ) wind gusts , waves over 35 feet ( 11 m ) high , and whiteout snowsqualls . Analysis of the storm and its impact on humans , engineering structures , and the landscape led to better forecasting and faster responses to storm warnings , stronger construction ( especially of marine vessels ) , and improved preparedness .
SS Choctaw was a semi-whaleback freighter built by the Cleveland Shipbuilding Company in 1892 . She was a monitor vessel that was designed to evade Alexander McDougall 's patent on the whaleback vessel design . She sank on July 11 , 1915 , on Lake Huron after a collision with the Canadian package freighter Wahcondah . For more than 100 years the location of Choctaw 's wreck remained unknown until she was discovered perfectly preserved and on her side on May 23 , 2017 , in about 300 feet ( 90m ) of water .
Georgian Bay ( French : Baie Georgienne ) is a large bay of Lake Huron , in the Laurentia bioregion . It is located entirely within the borders of Ontario , Canada . The main body of the bay lies east of the Bruce Peninsula and Manitoulin Island . To its northwest is the North Channel . Georgian Bay is surrounded by ( listed clockwise ) the districts of Manitoulin , Sudbury , Parry Sound and Muskoka , as well as the more populous counties of Simcoe , Grey and Bruce . The Main Channel separates the Bruce Peninsula from Manitoulin Island and connects Georgian Bay to the rest of Lake Huron . The North Channel , located between Manitoulin Island and the Sudbury District , west of Killarney , was once a popular route for steamships and is now used by a variety of pleasure craft to travel to and from Georgian Bay . The shores and waterways of the Georgian Bay are the traditional domain of the Anishinaabeg First Nations peoples to the north and Huron-Petun ( Wyandot ) to the south . The bay was thus a major Algonquian-Iroquoian trade route . Samuel de Champlain , the first European to explore and map the area in 1615-1616 , called it La Mer douce ( the calm sea ) , which was a reference to the bay 's freshwater . In 1822 , after Great Britain had taken over the territory , Lieutenant Henry Wolsey Bayfield of a Royal Navy expedition named it as Georgian Bay ( after King George IV ) .
The Cornelia B. Windiate was a schooner that sank in 1875 with all hands , presumably in Lake Michigan near the Straits of Mackinac . The ship was eastbound from Milwaukee to Buffalo . The reason for her sinking is unknown , but she departed November 27 , late in the season , and was overloaded with grain . In 1986 The Windiate was discovered by divers in Lake Huron , near Alpena , Michigan , further east than expected . The wreck is unique in that her cargo is still secure in her holds which is quite unusual for a wreck . Her masts are still standing with rigging .
SS Daniel J. Morrell was a 603-foot ( 184 m ) Great Lakes freighter that broke up in a strong storm on Lake Huron on 29 November 1966 , taking with it 28 of her 29 crewmen . The freighter was used to carry bulk cargoes such as iron ore but was running with only ballast when the 60-year-old ship sank .
Lake Huron /ˈhjʊrɒn , ˈhjʊrən/ ( French : Lac Huron ) is one of the five Great Lakes of North America . Hydrologically , it comprises the easterly portion of Lake Michigan-Huron , having the same surface elevation as its westerly counterpart , to which it is connected by the 5-mile-wide ( 8.0 km ) , 20-fathom-deep ( 120 ft ; 37 m ) Straits of Mackinac . It is shared on the north and east by the Canadian province of Ontario and on the south and west by the state of Michigan in the United States . The name of the lake is derived from early French explorers who named it for the Huron people inhabiting the region . The Huronian glaciation was named due to evidence collected from Lake Huron region . The northern parts of the lake include the North Channel and Georgian Bay . Across the lake to the southwest is Saginaw Bay . The main inlet is the St. Marys River , and the main outlet is the St. Clair River .
SS D.R . Hanna was a 552-foot ( 168 m ) long American Great Lakes freighter that operated on the Great Lakes from November 12 , 1906 to her sinking on May 16 , 1919 after a collision with SS Quincy A. Shaw . D.R . Hanna was like many other freighters , and was used to haul bulk cargoes such as iron ore , coal and grain .
Pointe Aux Barques Township is a civil township of Huron County in the U.S. state of Michigan . The population was 10 at the 2010 census . Pointe Aux Barques consists of three partial sections at the tip of the Thumb on the Lower Peninsula of Michigan . Pointe aux Barques Light bears the name of the township but is actually located in neighboring Huron Township . With a permanent population of 10 , the township is the least-populated municipality in Michigan and among the smallest in land area .
The Erie Belle was a Great Lakes steam ship that exploded along the eastern shore of Lake Huron in 1883 . The rusting remains of the ship 's boiler lie on a beach south of Kincardine , Ontario .
The SS Hydrus was an American steel-hulled Great Lakes bulk freighter , constructed in 1903 and launched as the R.E . Schuck . She was following the SS James Carruthers heading south on Lake Huron while carrying a load of iron ore when she and the Carruthers were caught in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913 . The Hydrus foundered and sank with a crew of twenty-four aboard on or around 8 November 1913 while heading for the St. Clair River . During the storm , waves were said to be 35 feet high along with wind gusts of 90 miles per hour . Five of the crew were found frozen to death in a lifeboat that washed ashore in Canada . The James Carruthers was also lost in the storm as well as the SS Argus , which was the sister ship of the Hydrus . The wreck of the Hydrus was located in the summer of 2015 by a team of shipwreck hunters led by David Trotter . The wreck is in over 160 feet of water , and is heavily encrusted with zebra mussels . It is upright and intact , though the hull has been damaged and the bow is twisted at a 45-degree angle from the rest of the ship . The holds still contain iron ore , and the pilothouse is intact , complete with the ship 's wheel and engine-room telegraph .
SS Isaac M. Scott was an American Great Lakes freighter that sank during the Great Lakes Storm of 1913 in Lake Huron , 6 to 7 miles ( 9.7 to 11.3 km ) northeast of Thunder Bay Island ( 45°03.920′N 83°02.353′W / 45.065333°N 83.039217°W / 45.065333 ; -83.039217Coordinates : 45°03.920′N 83°02.353′W / 45.065333°N 83.039217°W / 45.065333 ; -83.039217 ) , while she was traveling from Cleveland , Ohio , United States to Milwaukee , Wisconsin , United States with a cargo of coal .
Lake freighters , or lakers , are bulk carrier vessels that ply the Great Lakes of North America . These vessels are traditionally called boats , although classified as ships . Since the late 19th century , lakers have carried bulk cargoes of materials such as limestone , iron ore , grain , coal , or salt from the mines and fields of the upper Great Lakes to the populous industrial areas farther east . The 63 commercial ports handled 173 million tons of cargo in 2006 . Because of winter ice on the lakes , the navigation season is not usually year-round . The Soo Locks and Welland Canal close from mid-January to late March , when most boats are laid up for maintenance . Crewmembers spend these months ashore . Depending on their application , lakers may also be referred to by their type , such as oreboats ( primarily for iron ore ) , straight deckers ( no self-unloading gear ) , bulkers ( carry bulk cargo ) , sternenders ( all cabins aft ) , self unloaders ( with self unloading gear ) , longboats ( for their slender appearance ) , or lakeboats , among others . In the mid-20th century , 300 lakers worked the Lakes , but by the early 21st century there were fewer than 140 active lakers . SS Edmund Fitzgerald , which sank in 1975 , became widely known as the most recent and largest major vessel to be wrecked on the Great Lakes .
The SS James Carruthers was a Canadian Great Lakes freighter built in 1913 . The ship was owned by the St. Lawrence & Chicago Steam and Navigation Company of Toronto , Ontario , with the official registry number 131090 . The Carruthers was lost 9 November 1913 on Lake Huron during the Great Lakes Storm of 1913 . The crew of 22 perished with the vessel .