Shipwreck Diving


Great Lakes Shipwreck Diving            
For Marine Emergencies, Contact:

Marine Radio VHF/FM Channel 16 or 69
Huron County Central Dispatch 989-269-6421
Sanilac County Central Dispatch 810-648-2000
U.S. Coast Guard Harbor Beach 989-479-3289
Call DAN (Diving Accident Network)
 1-919-684-8111
State Law: No Person shall recover, alter, or destroy abandoned property which is in, on, under, or over the bottomlands of the Great Lakes, unless the person has a permit issued jointly by the Secretary Of State and the Department of Natural Resources.
Sports Dive (up to 60 feet)
Forester Pier located 5 miles north of Port Sanilac. depth 0-15 feet, a beach dive.

Berlin at Burnt Cabin Point, depth 10 feet. Loran 30869.2   49170.7

Jacob Bertschy, depth 10 feet. GPS N 44.03.42   W 82.53.13   Loran 30862.8    49181.4  Sank in November 1877

Charles Street, depth 10 feet.  GPS N 43.35.49   W 82.35.34   Loran  30818.2  49413.1

Anchor (at Port Austin reef), depth 15 feet. Halfway from pier to the lighthouse.  Loran  30904.4   49172.2

Marquis-Schooner depth 15 ft. Loran  30795.0/  49266.4, sank 1892, broken up.

Eliza Strong depth 28 ft. sunk 1904, GPS N 43.15.50  w 82.30.44   Loran  30847.0  49570.6  

Anchor - Kinch Road.  depth 30 feet.  GPS  N 44.04.387  w 82.49.330

Chickamagqua, depth 32 feet  GPS  N 43.50.950   W 82.37.430   Loran 30788.0   49294.0

City of Port Huron, depth 35 feet. GPS N 43.13.404   W 82.29.059

Sport, depth 48 feet.  GPS  N 43.15.76   W 82.27.78    Loran 30824.9   49569.8

F.B. Gardner, depth 55 feet.  GPS  N 43.31.41  W 82.31.56   Loran 30802.5  49446.8
Advanced Divers Only (60 to 130 feet)

Dump Barge/Scow, depth 77 feet.  GPS  N 44.07.400  W 82.51.275   Loran 30836.7  49150.8

Regina depth 78 ft. sunk 1913, lies upside down, GPS  N 43.20.23   W 82.26.73   Loran 30801.5   49535.0

23. Col. A.B. WIlliams depth 84 ft. sunk 1864  GPS N 43.36.50  W 82.30.65  Loran 30799.1 49407.4

Mary Alice B, depth 94 feet.  GPS N 43.22.12  W 82.26.17   Loran  30790.8  49520.5

Troy, depth 96 to 98 feet.  GPS N 44.08.654  W. 83.01.49   Loran  30909.0  49131.6

North Star, depth 98 feet.  GPS N 43.23.74  W 82.26.37   Loran  30787.0  49508.1

Goliath (propeller) depth 104 ft. 131 ft. long, sunk 1848, cargo bricks, and gun powder.  GPS  N 43.47.008  W 82.32.721   Loran  30761.8  49326.5

Checotah, depth 120 ft. sunk 1906, GPS   N 43.35.87  W 82.28.03  Loran 30761.3 49413.5

Glenorchy (propeller) depth 120 ft. length 356 ft. collided with the Leonard B. Miller in 1924, lies upside down. GPS  N43.48.39  W 82.31.68  Loran 30750.4 49314.2

New York, depth 125 ft. sunk 1876, GPS N 43.36.06  W 82.28.03   Loran C 30761.2/49412.2

Philadelphia (propeller) depth 125 ft., length 236 feet, collided with the Albany in 1893,  GPS N 44.04.121  W 82.42.993   Loran  30786.2 49183.7

Arctic, depth 130 feet.  GPS N 43.41.462  W 82.28.712   Loran 30748.4  49371.4  

Technical (over 130 feet)

 Iron Chief (propeller) depth 134 ft. length 212 ft. sunk 1904,  GPS  N 44.05.596  W 82.42.538  Loran 30777.9   49172.0

Santiago, depth 135 feet.  GPS  N 44.10.631  W 82.54.907  

Albany (propeller) depth 145 ft. length 267 ft. collided with the Philadelphia in 1893.  GPS N 44.06.350  W 82.42.015   Loran 30773.1 49166.8

Hunter Savidge, depth 150 feet.   GPS N 44.06.53  W 82.35.057

mystery schooner, depth 150 feet.  GPS  N 44.05.473  W 82.39.018

Dunderburg (schooner) depth 155 ft. length 186 ft. sunk 1868,  GPS N 43.55.641  W 82.33.391    Loran  30740.9   49257.5

E. P. Door(tug) depth 175 ft. 120 ft. long, GPS N 44.08.791  W. 82.43.959  Loran 30780.0  49145.5

City of Detroit, depth 176 feet.  GPS N 44.12.473  W 83.00.840   Loran  30889.5  49101.3

Governor Smith (propeller) depth 180 to 200ft. 240 ft. long, sunk 1906. Upright but broken. GPS  N 44.09.330  W 82.42.00    Loran  30763.3 49141.3

Emma Neilson, depth 190 feet.  GPS N 44.10.887   W 82.42.613

John McGean, depth 195.  GPS  N 43.57.196   W 82.31.717    Loran  30723.6   49245.8

Daniel J. Morell (propeller) 356 ft. long, split in half in 1966 storm, after bow sank, stern traveled 5 additional miles.
Bow depth 200 ft.   GPS N 44.18.090  W 82.45.120    Loran 30761.6  49068.0

Stern depth 218 ft. GPS  N 44.15.480  W 82.50.094   Loran 30803.7  49086.3

Detroit, depth 200 feet.  GPS N 44.13.612   W 82.45.437   Loran  30776.4  49105.5

Fred Lee, depth 200 feet.  GPS  N 44.12.423   W 82.45.560   Loran  30780.7   49114.7




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