Launched in the early 1900s, the Buccaneer boasts a long and colorful history both afloat and on the bottom of Lake Michigan. Between 1925 and 1936, s...
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Built in 1929, the Material Service barge featured a unique, low-profile design that allowed the vessel to pass under city bridges without requiring t...
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Launched proudly by the Detroit Dry Dock Company in 1873, the Wells Burt was a massive three-masted schooner measuring 201 feet in length with a 33-fo...
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Discovered by Captain Nicole, this unidentified wooden shipwreck is absolutely gorgeous! Because the vessel’s rigging, deadeyes, turnbuckles, an...
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This unidentified 80-foot vessel is one of the many hardworking tugboats that aided schooners navigating in and out of the Chicago harbors during the ...
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Rumored to be the only five-masted schooner ever to sail the Great Lakes, the David Dows was launched from Toledo, Ohio, in 1881. Measuring a massive ...
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Named after the wife of Canada’s Governor General, the Lady Elgin was built in Buffalo, New York, in 1851. An imposing sight at 252 feet long, she w...
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In the early 1900s, the Illinois was the largest hydraulic dredge on Lake Michigan. She was tragically lost in a 1907 storm while working as a tug and...
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Chock-full of history, the Rotarian was launched in 1889 as a proud product of the Sandusky, Ohio, shipbuilding industry. Measuring a commanding 147 f...
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