Lake Huron - Ironton located

[Scared Silly]

Interesting story about the second life boat

 

[Tracy]

Yep. Looking forward to hitting it this summer.

 

[Marie13]

Heres the link the to full article on NOAA’s website with a lot of details.

Frozen in Time: National Marine Sanctuary Researchers Discover Lost Shipwreck Ironton

Researchers from NOAA, the state of Michigan, and Ocean Exploration Trust have discovered an intact shipwreck resting hundreds of feet below the surface of Lake Huron. Located within NOAA's Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, the shipwreck has been identified as the sailing ship Ironton...

sanctuaries.noaa.gov

 

[rhwestfall]

Scanned quickly, and didn't see it... How deep is it?

 

[Marie13]

Scanned quickly, and didn't see it... How deep is it?

They just said several hundred feet. From the ambient light, I’m guessing 200ish, maybe.

 

[NitroxSam]

Heres the link the to full article on NOAA’s website with a lot of details.

Frozen in Time: National Marine Sanctuary Researchers Discover Lost Shipwreck Ironton

Researchers from NOAA, the state of Michigan, and Ocean Exploration Trust have discovered an intact shipwreck resting hundreds of feet below the surface of Lake Huron. Located within NOAA's Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, the shipwreck has been identified as the sailing ship Ironton...

sanctuaries.noaa.gov

What an awesome story! Thanks for sharing it. I've always been fascinated by the Great Lakes Shipwrecks. I remember hearing about the Edmund Fitzgerald when I was a kid. My family is from Michigan and we were living in Marquette at the time. The story has always stayed with me, even to this day, so many years later.

 

[NitroxSam]

They just said several hundred feet. From the ambient light, I’m guessing 200ish, maybe.

Article says 300 feet.

 

[rhwestfall]

Article says 300 for the Ohio...

 

[rhwestfall]

The story has always stayed with me, even to this day, so many years later

Yeah, many of us can't get the song out of our heads....

 

[Lorenzoid]

What an awesome story! Thanks for sharing it. I've always been fascinated by the Great Lakes Shipwrecks. I remember hearing about the Edmund Fitzgerald when I was a kid. My family is from Michigan and we were living in Marquette at the time. The story has always stayed with me, even to this day, so many years later.

Have you dived in Tobermory, Ontario? It's almost a straight shot up I-75 from Florida. It's a great place for non-tech divers to see well-preserved wooden wrecks.