List of shipwrecks in the Great Lakes
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List of shipwrecks on the Great Lakes; Largest shipwrecks on the Great Lakes; List of shipwrecks of Lake Ontario; List of shipwrecks of Lake Erie; List of shipwrecks of Michigan; List of shipwrecks of Lake Huron; List of shipwrecks of Lake Superior; SS Hiram W. Sibley; SS Vega (1893); Michigan (schooner-barge); SS Water Witch (1862); SS Challenge (1853); SS D.M. Wilson; SS North Wind; SS Merida (1893); SS Philadelphia (1867); SS Albany; SS Scotia (1873); SS Java (1872); SS Tioga (1884); SS Brunswick; SS Briton; SS Pontiac; SS Manola; SS Forest City; SS James Davidson; SS St. Albans; SS Fedora; SS Admiral (1899); SS James Gayley; SS A.E. Stewart; SS Egyptian; SS John Owen (1889); SS W.H. Gilbert; SS Westmoreland (1853); SS Rappahannock; SS Judge Hart; SS John Ketcham 2d.; SS Panther (1890); SS Turret Chief; Indiana (steamboat); Vandalia (steamboat); Leviathan (tug); SS Strathmore (1871); SS W.C. Richardson; SS Douglass Houghton; SS Victory (1895); SS Dean Richmond; PS Seabird; PS Detroit (1846); PS Chicora; PS Wisconsin; PS Superior; PS Northern Indiana; PS Comet (1848); PS Erie; PS Arctic; PS New Orleans; PS Cornwall; PS Surveyor; PS Morning Star; SS Uganda (1892); SS Nebraska; SS David W. Mills; SS Theano; SS Monkshaven; SS Frank H. Goodyear (1902); David Dows (schooner); SS Portsmouth; SS W.C. Franz; PS A.D. Patchin; PS Mayflower; PS America (1847); PS Empire; SS Toledo; SS New York (1879); SS Minneapolis; SS George J. Whelan; SS John J. Boland Jr.; SS William H. Barnum; SS Puritan; SS Montana; SS Alex Nimick; SS A.A. Parker; SS Aurania; SS Zillah; SS John J. McWilliams; SS C.B. Lockwood; SS E.M. Peck; SS Smith Moore; SS V.H. Ketchum; SS J.H. Outhwaite; SS James H. Reed; SS Syracuse; Columbus (tug); SS Mary Jarecki; SS Chauncy Hurlbut; SS H.C. Akeley; SS John Pridgeon Jr.; Howard (tug); Mary Ann (tug); Goliath (steamboat); Monticello (1848 steamboat); Troy (steamboat); SS New York (1856); E.P. Dorr (tug); SS City of Detroit; SS R.G. Coburn; SS City of Concord; Oneida (steamboat); SS Persian; SS Thomas W. Palmer; SS Bay State (1852); SS Raleigh; SS W.L. Wetmore; SS Homer Warren; SS Ontario (1874); PS Louisiana; PS Alabama; PS Baltic; PS Queen City; PS Illinois; SS Chicago (1901); SS Charles J. Sheffield; SS Monohansett; SS Fountain City; SS N.K. Fairbank; SS Geneva; SS Clarion; SS City of Port Huron; SS Maplehurst; SS Queen of the West; PS Western Metropolis; SS Thomas Cranage; SS Case; SS Lycoming; SS City of Venice (1892); SS William T. Graves; SS Ferdinand Schlesinger; SS John N. Glidden; SS Charles J. Kershaw; SS James J. Hill; SS Colorado; SS B.W. Blanchard; SS Gov. Smith; SS Walter L. Frost; SS William A. Haskell; SS F.H. Prince; SS Manhattan (1887); SS Sitka; SS Gale Staples; SS City of Genoa; SS Passaic; SS Acme (1856); SS Arctic (1864); SS Asia (1873); SS Nahant; PS Western World; PS Plymouth Rock; SS Altadoc (1901); SS Turret Crown; SS Amazon; SS Prindoc (1901); SS E.W. Oglebay; SS Norman P. Clement; Magnet (tug); Smith (tug); SS Philip D. Armour; SS City of Paris (1891); SS Howard S. Gerkin; SS L.C. Waldo; SS Maruba; SS Marina (1891); SS Burlington (1897); SS William H. Stevens; SS C.F. Bielman; SS William F. Sauber; SS Yakima; SS Roberval; John Fritz (barge); Bryn Mawr (barge); John A. Roebling (barge); SS Charles S. Hebard; SS Badger State (1862); SS W.K. Bixby; SS Dunelm; SS William H. Wolf; SS John Mitchell (1889); Princeton (steamboat); SS Volunteer; SS John Craig; SS Philip Minch; SS Siberia; SS Pascal P. Pratt; SS C.W. Elphicke; SS Jay Gould; PS City of Milwaukee; PS Planet; PS Marine City; SS Missoula; SS Langham; SS George G. Hadley; SS Neshoto; PS Sunbeam; SS City of Glasgow (1891); PS City of Chicago; PS City of Detroit; PS Transport; PS Michigan Central; PS Michigan (1890); PS Alexandria; Protector (tug); Sea Gull (tug); Gargantua (tug); Chickamauga (schooner-barge); Santiago (schooner-barge); Chattanooga (schooner-barge); SS North West; SS Golspie; SS Acadia; SS Union; SS Adella Shores; SS Idaho (1863); Manhattan (steamboat); SS Burlington (1857); PS Sir Robert Peel; USS SC-419; UC-97; Uarda; PS The Rotarian; SS Griffin; SS George W. Morley; SS Thomas Lynch; SS Joseph G. Butler Jr.; SS G.A. Tomlinson; SS William A. Reiss; SS W.W. Brown; SS Huron (1898); SS Aycliffe Hall; SS Sand Merchant; SS Arlington (1913); SS Tampico; SS Adrian Iselin; William Livingstone Jr. (tug); Satellite (tug); PS United Kingdom; SS Francis Widlar; SS Frederick B. Wells; SS Princeton; SS Charles Hubbard; SS Thomas Barlum; MV Steelvendor; SS Starrucca (1897); SS Ann Arbor No.5; SS Ottawa (1900); SS Thomas A. Scott; SS City of Cleveland; SS Fred McBrier; SS Specular; Delaware (steamboat); French minesweeper Inkerman; French minesweeper Cerisoles; SS Conemaugh (1880); SS George Stone; SS Colonial (1882); Henry Clay (1849 steamboat); SS Robert L. Fryer; SS Wocoken; SS Thousand Islander; SS Sparta (1901); PS Ella Ross; SS Calumet (1884); PS City of Alpena; SS Northern Belle; SS Manitoulin (1880); Minnedosa (schooner-barge); SS Nashua; SS E.B. Hale (1874); MV Niagara II; SS Oconto; SS Milwauke (1868); SS Galena; PS Detroit (1859); PS Milwaukee; SS Northern Light (1858); SS Northerner (1876); Cleveco (barge); SS Celtic (1874); SS Sovereign (1873); SS Roanoake (1867); SS Prussia; SS Persevearance; SS Lawrence; SS Charles B. Hill; SS Adiramled; SS City of New York (1863); SS Louisville (1853); Boston (steamboat); SS L. Shickluna; PS Kent; PS George Washington (1833); PS Buffalo; SS Columbia (1873); Oswego (steamboat); Athens (schooner-barge); SS Owego (1853); PS Cibola; SS State of Michigan; SS Roswell P. Flower; SS Glenstriven; SS Omega; MV Midland City; SS Lake Ontario; SS Henry J. Johnson; SS Anna Smith; SS A. Everett; SS Aurora (1887); SS Iron Chief; SS John B. Lyon; SS St. Lawrence (1890); PS Emerald (1862); SS Winslow; SS H.D. Coffinberry; SS New Orleans; SS City of Grand Rapids (1879); SS City of Boston (1863); SS David Ballentine; SS Tioga (1862); SS Avon (1877); SS City of Owen Sound; Peninsula (steamboat); SS Alfred P. Wright; SS James Pickands; SS Montgomery; SS City of Superior; PS Traveller (1852); SS Wasaga; SS Starrucca (1875); SS Sarah E. Sheldon; SS Sainte Marie (1893); SS Rome; SS Escanaba; SS J.H. Jones; Abyssinia (schooner-barge); Wahnapitae (barge); SS Culligan; SS Shenandoah; Montezuma (schooner-barge); Chieftain (schooner-barge); Matanzas (schooner-barge); PS Minnesota; SS Arizona (1868); SS China (1872); PS Rothesay; PS Gazelle; Relief (tug); Atlanta (schooner-barge); SS Venus (1901); SS Tonawanda; SS George F. Williams; US Lightship No.55; SS Northerner (1871); PS Ontario (1891); PS Sheboygan; PS Muskegon; PS Orion; SS Peshtigo; SS Hippocampus; SS Milwaukee (1853); SS Panama (1888); No.2 (barge); No.1 (barge); SS Amazonas; SS F.W. Wheeler; SS Africa; SS Gogebic; MV Hibou; SS The Straits of Mackinac; SS Seattle; SS Mary Ward; Wawinet; SS Germanic (1888); SS St. Magnus; SS City of Chatham (1888); SS Algomah; PS Frances Smith; SS Congress; PS Atlantic (1848); PS Atlantic (1849); SS Majestic (1889); PS Ocean Wave; SS Rochester (1880); Alleghany (steamboat); SS City of Cleveland (1882); SS Perseverance; SS Delaware (1878); David Dows (ship); Minnehaha (schooner-barge); PS Islander; PS Montauk; SS City of London (1865); Sea Fox (yacht); SS Swallow; SS St. Andrew; SS Metropole; SS Niagara (1875); SS Russell Sage (1881); SS Quebec (1874); SS Falcon (1880); SS Bruno; SS Edward Buckley; SS Simla; SS Mecosta; SS Newaygo; SS Michael Groh; SS Morley
The Great Lakes, a collection of five freshwater lakes located in North America, have been sailed upon since at least the 17th century, and thousands of ships have been sunk while traversing them. Many of these ships were never found, so the exact number of shipwrecks in the Lakes is unknown; the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum approximates 6,000 ships and 30,000 lives lost,Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum , accessed 28 Feb 2009 while historian and mariner Mark Thompson has estimated that the total number of wrecks is likely more than 25,000.