Most Great Lakes shipwrecks have taken place in October and November, as winter winds began to settle in. But springtime offers some of the best water clarity to go underwater to view them. Read more…
Shipwreck Explorers team of divers examines, surveys, and documents the shipwreck A.A. Parker in Lake Superior just north of Grand Marais, MI. This missing steamship was discovered by the team of explorers from the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum earlier. See the TV show…
Water temperatures on the surface of the Great Lakes haven’t warmed as fast as usual in recent weeks, due to cooler than normal temperatures. The much warmer than normal water temperatures this winter and spring have now been held back to near normal temperatures. Several Great Lakes have even dipped to below normal surface water…
The University of Michigan is establishing a research institute focused on sustainable management of the Great Lakes. Read more…
This WWI submarine UC-97 was purposely sunk as a practice target in lower Lake Michigan. Read more…
Jitka Hanáková, captain of the Milwaukee-based charter Molly V, spends her time taking divers out on Lakes Huron, Superior, and Michigan to explore their shipwrecks, as well as to search for new wrecks. It was the Molly V that discovered the L.R. Doty in 2010, a steamship lost during a violent storm on Lake Michigan…
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Shipwreck hunters are planning to excavate around a Lake Erie wreck this summer that they think could be the remains of a schooner that went down nearly two centuries ago. Its size, design and location point toward it being a sailing ship called the Lake Serpent, which sunk in 1829, the…