lake superior book

[segundo3000gt]

i'm looking to start doing some lake superior diving this upcoming summer. does anyone know of a good book that maps out some good destinations reachable from shore without a boat? any other suggestions for good scuba reading?

 

[The Horn]

Chris Kohl I think is the spelling and the book is Great Lake Shipwrecks volume 2 Superior and Michigan.

Sitting in Thunder Bay right now iching to dive Ilse Royal or some of the other sites in his book......

 

[dab]

i'm looking to start doing some lake superior diving this upcoming summer. does anyone know of a good book that maps out some good destinations reachable from shore without a boat? any other suggestions for good scuba reading?

Lake Superior has a pretty rugged shoreline, and even the close in wrecks are pretty tough to reach without a boat. There are a couple of good books on Isle Royale, but not a lot on Lake Superior. There are some maps, albeit out of date, on each of the Great Lakes that have the known shipwrecks on them. I don't know who the publisher is, but you can still find them in some of the dive shops around the Great Lakes. If your not far from Munising, MI it is a great place to start. There are some great wrecks, both shallow and deeper, and the charters are not too expensive. Pete Lundquist runs a great operation there. If you really want to see some wrecks, you really need a boat.

 

[motorcitydiver]

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[diveman7683]

Cris Kohl is definitly a good start. If you're looking at coming up to Thunder Bay area, we can set you up on some good wreck diving. Split Rock Point has the Madeira, just across the US/Can border at Victoria Island lies the Howard, and then there are all the wrecks around Thunder Bay.
Hope this helps. PM me if you want more info.

 

[1_T_Submariner]

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[segundo3000gt]

thanks for the responses guys. i'm actually from the twin cites and i was looking to drive up to the duluth area to find some dive sites. it sounds like you'd have to get a boat to get to some of the preferred dive sites but i would still think you could get to some from shore. i was thinking that along the north shore there were places you could pull over and have lake access.

 

[covediver]

thanks for the responses guys. i'm actually from the twin cites and i was looking to drive up to the duluth area to find some dive sites. it sounds like you'd have to get a boat to get to some of the preferred dive sites but i would still think you could get to some from shore. i was thinking that along the north shore there were places you could pull over and have lake access.

I did some diving on the north shore of the UP this Fall. Great diving, fabulous wrecks. I agree on the Kohl book, probably the best all around reference. Michigan has a series of underwater preserves and local associations that bouy wrecks and manage them. Contacting these folks may be an additional of info. Also, many of these reserves have dive operators who will take you out for a modest fee. I was told there were beach dives that could be made, including one near Copper Harbor where the geology was the big attraction but did not have a chance to make any of them.

Wreck diving on the UP varys from the novice to advanced and tech.

http://www.michiganpreserves.org/ may be a good place to start for info on the reserves. I found the locals to be very, very helpful. I would include the UP as a top diving destination for those of us who venture beyond tropical waters.

 

[beezwax]

Segundo, there are many shipwrecks along the north shore of Superior, but most of them you need a boat to access. Check in with Jay at Superior Divers in Duluth for more details. He runs a charter boat to many local wrecks.

http://www.superiordivers.com/

Also check out the MN Historical Society webpage for info on many of these wrecks.

http://www.mnhs.org/places/nationalregister/shipwrecks/

If you want a really nice dive on a wreck that you can access from shore, your best bet is going to be the Madeira, which is just north of Split Rock Lighthouse (about 20 miles north of Two Harbors). This is managed by the state park system-- there's a small parking area with a bathroom (outhouse) and nice access to the beach, and the wreck is marked with a float. The gate to the parking lot is locked with a combination lock because it is reserved only for divers-- you first have to stop in at the Split Rock Lighthouse visitor's center and check in (bring your scuba certification card to show). They will give you the combo to the lock-- there is no fee to use the site, but you do need to have a state park sticker on your car (you can also buy a day pass). Call the park office for more info: (218) 226-6377.

PM me if you want to see some pics of this wreck-- it went down in the 1905 storm, it's a 436ft schooner-barge, steel hull, now at a max depth of 100ft.

 

[segundo3000gt]

awesome, guys. again thanks for the responses.