TORONTO – Though it’s known that the Great Lakes are home to many shipwrecks, the U.S. Coast Guard has discovered that there are a higher-than-usual number to be seen this spring.
The U.S. Coast Guard out of Traverse City, Michigan, conducted a routine air patrol last week and were surprised to see a large number of shipwrecks in the incredibly clear (but still chilly) water of Lake Michigan.
According to Michigan’s Department of Environmental Quality, more than 6,000 ships were lost in the Great Lakes, with about 1,500 of them in Lake Michigan.
The James McBride, which ran aground during a storm on Oct. 19, 1857, is seen here in about 10 feet of water near Sleeping Bear Point, Michigan.
The images of the shipwrecks were posted on the U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City’s Facebook page. Though there are plenty of wrecks that lie in the lake, the names of the ships are not all known. The Coast Guard is asking for the public’s help in identifying them.
The U.S. Coast Guard is asking for help identifying shipwrecks found in Lake Michigan.
One of the pilots on the flight told NPR that it’s fairly common to see an old shipwreck while on patrol, “but not in the numbers we saw on that flight.”
The photos were taken along the coast of Lake Michigan from Sleeping Bear Point to Northpoint.
To learn more about the wrecks, visit the Manitou Passage Underwater Preserve.
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