⚓ Shipwrecks Map

Lake Michigan shipwrecks map

Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is the second-largest of the Great Lakes by volume (1,180 cu mi; 4,900 km3) and depth (923 ft; 281 m) after Lake Superior and the third-largest by surface area (22,300 square miles; 57,757 km2), after Lake Superior and Lake Huron. To the east, its basin is conjoined with that of Lake Huron through the wide and deep Straits of Mackinac, giving it the same surface elevation as its eastern counterpart; hydrologically, the two bodies are a single lake that is, by area, the largest freshwater lake in the world.

45 wreck positions, coloured by era. Tap a dot for the wreck page. Positions may be approximate; not for navigation.

Quick answers

How many shipwrecks are on this map in Lake Michigan?
45 wrecks with a recorded position, lost between 1856 and 1967.
What is the oldest Lake Michigan wreck on this map?
Niagara, lost in 1856.

All 45 Lake Michigan wrecks

In date order; wrecks with no recorded date are listed last.

Other Great Lakes: Lake Superior (33) · Lake Huron (10) · Lake Erie (2) · Lake Ontario (5). All Great Lakes shipwrecks →

Lake descriptions adapted from the Wikipedia article Lake Michigan (revision 1380240874), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: first paragraph of the lead only, trimmed at sentence boundaries, pronunciation guides removed. No text added.

Wrecks are assigned to a lake from the Wikidata “located in or next to body of water” property where present, otherwise from the wreck position and Natural Earth lake outlines (public domain).