Michigan’s shipwreck Coast
Explore the watery graves of doomed vessels along Lake Superior’s Shipwreck Coast.
The remains of The Mary Jarecki invite the curious to walk atop the planks, snap pictures and grab hold of the rows of rusted iron bolts that defiantly poke skyward. (John McCormick/Michigan Nut Photography)
Explore the watery graves of doomed vessels along Lake Superior’s Shipwreck Coast.
The sunken Herman H. Hettler barge can be seen on a glass-bottom boat tour.
(Chris McNamara/Chicago Tribune )A young girl examines what’s left of the ill-fated steam barge The Mary Jarecki, wrecked in 1883. (Chris McNamara/Chicago Tribune )
Many of Lake Superior’s shipwrecks rest in the shadow of Au Sable Point Lighthouse, 12 miles west of Grand Marais, Mich. (John McCormick/Michigan Nut Photography)