STRANGEST Discoveries Made In Great Lakes

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6. The SS America 1898
This awesomely named ship was one of the victims of the Isle royale, previously mentioned. Built in 1898, it sank 30 years later in 1928, striking a reef and capsizing off the coast of the island. It had a bumpy history in this area of the great lakes and had a similar incident in 1924, the only difference being that she was refloated, repaired and returned to service. In 1927, she took some damage by colliding with another steamboat but would make it out alive. In 1928, she was on her normal route from the town of Duluth Minnesota when the captain decided to hand over the wheel to the first mate for 5 minutes until it hit a reef again, this time it would not be able to float again. A group of divers during the 1960’s attempted to raise the ship and put her in service as a museum ship unsuccessfully. Today you can still visit the SS America which is only sitting about 85 feet below the surface.
5. USS Keystone State
In November 1861, members of the Wisconsin militia were expecting a large shipment of weapons from the large ship called the USS Keystone state, but they never got their arms. This was an elaborate ship and was dubbed the Palace Steamers from it’s comfortable design. Certainly no ordinary cargo ship. With a crew of 33 people, it left Detroit and was set to land in Milwaukee but this never happened! The people who expected the delivery thought the ship just sort of vanished in mid air. Finally in 2013 the ship was found at the bottom of Lake Huron, near the city of Alpena. The scuba explorers who made the remarkable discovery, believe it was from a storm that hit the area, but this has not been proven. They unfortunately found no gold that was rumored to be on board nor the remains of the crew on board which lead many to speculate. Or did they...
4. SS Chester A. Congdon
This large steel freighter was one of the largest shipwrecks that took place in the early 1900’s and it was named after a lawyer and capitalist Chester Adgate Congdon. It sank in lake superior also near Isle royal and is still located at the bottom of the lake. It was set to deliver 380,000 bushels of wheat from Thunder Bay, Canada but was couldn’t see to well when fog filled the area. Luckily, all the crew was saved and about 20 percent of the cargo was retrieved but the wreck proved to lose a ton of money. The congdon was valued at over 1 million dollars which was the most expensive wreck up until that time at the great lakes.

3. Samuel P. Ely
Another schooner from the 19th century, the Samuel P, Ely was first launched in 1869 it often transported large amounts of iron ore and coal around the Great lakes region. It would often travel from Escanaba, Michigan to Cleveland, ohio. After about 28 years of service, in october of 1896, she traveled from Kelley’s Island in Ohio to Duluth minnesota carrying a large load of limestone. After dropping off the cargo, their next trip was to two harbors, minnesota. While the samuel P. Ely was being towed a storm came out of nowhere during the evening. The crew decided to drop anchor and see if they could ride it out but to no avail. The crew was able to escape drowning by climbing on to the rigging of the masts. A small sailboat was sent to rescue them and it took a total of 3 trips. It’s still in Lake superior to this day despite deterioration and erosion from scuba divers.

2.Sweepstakes Schooner
The sweepstakes schooner was a Canadian vessel that was constructed in Ontario in 1867. It was a double massed wooden ship that measured 119 feet in length and weighed about 218 tonnes. It was badly damaged off the coast of Cove Island in august of 1885 and was in need of quick repairs but it was already too late. The ship was transporting large amounts of coal and another ship was sent in the retrieve the cargo. In modern times, many describe as being remarkably well preserved despite it being made from wood. It currrently sits in lake huron only about 20 feet below. Despite the sweepstakes decaying a little more each year, it’s said that it’ss one of the best preserved 19th century great lake schooners of the great lakes and many people will visit the fathom five national marine park to come check it out.
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