The Great Lakes has served as a means of connecting the middle of the North American continent to the Atlantic Ocean, and has been used as a major water transport corridor for centuries.
The Beauty Found in Michigan Shipwrecks
If you look hard enough, you can find beauty in almost everything...even shipwrecks. For those fortunate few who have skin-dived around Great Lakes shipwrecks, they know it s like entering a fantasy world.
The underwater world is disturbingly silent.underwater foliage moves in a ghostly dance.darkness is all around.sudden movements by startled submerged creatures.and then a giant, jagged, shadowy shape suddenly looms over you, almost forbidding you to get closer.
It s a shipwreck.
Approaching an underwater wreck is an eerie experience.but once you get to it, most of the apprehension disappears, and the exhilaration of exploration overtakes it.
Shifting sand, water again reveal Michigan shipwreck from 1880s
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Drone Image of the White Lake Wreck by Kevin Ailes (Michigan Shipwrecks Research Association) (MSRA)
WHITEHALL, Mich. – A change in Lake Michigan water levels has revealed a shipwreck from the 1880s that is visible in western Michigan for the first time since 2018.
Experts believe it s the wooden spine of the Contest, said Craig Rich, director of the Michigan Shipwreck Research Association.
The wreckage is along the shore in Muskegon County, near where the White Lake channel meets Lake Michigan.
In 2018, major parts were seen for the first time since 1974, a result of changes in lake current, water levels and sand. Now the wreckage is visible again.