ROGERS CITY, MI – This two-masted schooner is a remarkably well preserved shipwreck, even retaining its cargo of coal after 157 years. The F.T. Barney collided with another ship on Oct. 23, 1868, and ...

ALPENA, MI – This area of Lake Huron is known as “shipwreck alley,” and you don’t have to be a scuba diver to enjoy it. Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, protecting wildlife and maritime history, ...

Knight Ridder Diver Burt Barker prepares to explore the wreckage of the steam ship Monohansett in the shallow waters of Thunder Bay, Mich. The area is littered with shipwrecks of the past century.

The buoys and mooring lines help divers easily identify the wrecks while also giving boaters somewhere to tie up. Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary Dozens of historic shipwrecks are ...