Penetration worthy wrecks in the Great Lakes

[Ontwreckdiver]

The Northwind (Lake Huron), Wexford (Lake Huron), Munson ( Kingston), Cedarville & Eber Ward (Straits of Mackinac), Waome (Lake Muskoka)
I would get "The Great Lakes Diving Guide" by Cris Kohl.

 

[rjack321]

Ships seem to have stopped sinking which is good in a way but no new wrecks.

You just aren't looking
Researchers find 1906 shipwreck in Lake Huron's Georgian Bay
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2017/09/21/clifton-discovered-lake-huron/691889001/
https://www.freep.com/story/news/lo...pwreck-great-lakes-washington-sloop/88890970/

There's a lifetime of wrecks to dive in the Great Lakes, many of them in a remarkable state of preservation and very much penetrable. They aren't all going to be handed to you on a silver platter with a mooring buoy, a charter, and 30mins of NDL time at 100ft on nice cheap 32% though.

 

[jstrang]

I really like the November 1913 wrecks - Wexford is ok. The Regina is awesome.

 

[Stoo]

The Manasoo should be nice. I'll post some pics in the spring...

Third and ‘most beautiful’ shipwreck found near Wiarton

 

[CAPTAIN SINBAD]

You just aren't looking
Researchers find 1906 shipwreck in Lake Huron's Georgian Bay
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2017/09/21/clifton-discovered-lake-huron/691889001/
https://www.freep.com/story/news/lo...pwreck-great-lakes-washington-sloop/88890970/

There's a lifetime of wrecks to dive in the Great Lakes, many of them in a remarkable state of preservation and very much penetrable. They aren't all going to be handed to you on a silver platter with a mooring buoy, a charter, and 30mins of NDL time at 100ft on nice cheap 32% though.

I understand that there are around 25000 wrecks in Great Lakes. Around 18000 have been identified and the rest remain down there. It’s alwas the opening line in Chris Kohl’s books so we know that.

I was speaking generally not in reference to Great Lakes. Shipping in general has become safer than it was a hundred years ago. Disasters like Titanic and Empress are less likely today than when they did happen. Rescue and damage control has also improved. Still crap can happen.

 

[shoredivr]

The Manasoo should be nice. I'll post some pics in the spring...

Third and ‘most beautiful’ shipwreck found near Wiarton

I really want to dive this wreck!

 

[electric_diver]

The Northwind (Lake Huron), Wexford (Lake Huron), Munson ( Kingston), Cedarville & Eber Ward (Straits of Mackinac), Waome (Lake Muskoka)
I would get "The Great Lakes Diving Guide" by Cris Kohl.

I've done 3 of these
Munson -> great dive but the penetrations are super short swim throughs. Used to be more artifacts.
Cedarville -> great dive, similar type of ship as the Jodery but 100 feet shallower
Waome -> very dark because of the tea coloured water. very small

In the St. Lawrence river
Daryaw (90feet)
Eastcliffe Hall (70 feet)
America (80 feet)
Keystorm (110 feet)
They all offer penetration opportunities but are lacking in artifacts

 

[Clayton122]

in Lake MI. - The Buccaneer, and The Tacoma. I have been inside both.

 

[Jared0425]

Vienna, America, Eber Ward, Regina, Charles Price (tight squeeze) Niagara II, Dean Richmond, John Boland, Admiral, St. Peter, Lilly Parsons and the other St. Lawrence wrecks that were mentioned.

The real nice ones are deep. Jane Miller, Manasoo, Forest City (stern), Morrell, Clifton, Detroit, Dunderburg, Windiate, Florida, Norman.

For all those who dive Lake Huron we are releasing the numbers for the whaleback Clifton in the next issue of Wreck Diver magazine (should be put out within the week). Depth is 130-168'.

 

[glennster]

off the illinois wisconsin state line is the freighter wisconsin, 80ft or so to the deck, 140 to the bottom, upright and pretty intact, off racine-kenosha is the schooner grace shannon, intact with the masts but deeper, 180 to the bottom, off milwaukee is the prins willem tramp freighter sunk in the 1950s, laying on her side 60 to 90 ft dive. a few miles north of the willy is the milwaukee car ferry, loaded with rail road cars, sunk in the 1920's. engine room is easily accessible by a hole cut in the hull starboard side aft, 85 to 130 ft deep. the rosinco is a pleasure yacht sunk off kenosha in the 1920s, shes deep 160ft. off sturgeon bay is the lakeland, has automobiles on it. deep too 150 to 200ft. all are good dives, i would recommend the willy, wisconsin and milwaukee car ferry. they are pretty easy dives. the others are complicated and if you spend much time on them, you get a hefty deco stop.