Sanctuary Lecture Series – The U.S. Life-Saving Service on Superior’s Shipwreck Coast
Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center 500 West Fletcher Street, Alpena, MI, United StatesThe desolate Lake Superior shoreline between Whitefish Point in Michigan's Eastern Upper Peninsula and the area of Grand Marais, MI, is littered with a multitude of shipwrecks. Some occurred as early as the 1816 wreck of the schooner Invincible, while newer, larger wrecks are deep within the shipping lanes. The 729' SS Edmund Fitzgerald is […]