Edmund Fitzgerald Memorial Beacon Lighting
This yearly event recalls the drowning of the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald on November 10, 1975,…
Browsing: Great Lake shipwrecks
“The Christmas Tree Ship” Aka Rouse Simmons
The Rouse Simmons aka “The Christmas Tree” was a three-masted schooner known for having sunk…
Virtual Edmund Fitzgerald Memorial Beacon Lighting
This annual event commemorates the sinking on November 10, 1975, of the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald…
The Emperor in Lake Superior at Isle Royale
The Emperor was built in 1910 by Collingwood Shipbuilding Co., in Collingwood, Ontario, for Inland…
Finding the W C Kimball
On September 30th, Richardson, Wimer and friend Brent Tompkins returned to the site and Wimer was able to photograph the mysterious ghost ship. Wimer described the small sailing vessel as being “the most intact shipwreck I have ever encountered”.
Griffon’s fate elusive after more than three centuries
Sometimes it is as difficult to prove the identity of a sunken ship as it…