Submerged Cultural Resources Study Isle Royale National Park

Author(s): D. J. Lenihan

Year: 1987

Summary

This article is an assessment of the shipwrecks in Isle Royale National Park. The island is literally surrounded by an array of ship remains that represent many types and stages of development of maritimes steam technology from the 1970s to the mid-1900s. This assortment includes passenger/package freighters, bulk freighters, a side-wheeler, wood-hulled ships and steel behemoths more than 500 feet in length, one of which went down as recently as 1947.

Cite this Record

Submerged Cultural Resources Study Isle Royale National Park. D. J. Lenihan. Professional Papers ,1. Santa Fe, NM: Southwest Cultural Resources Center. 1987 ( tDAR id: 171115) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8SF2TXD

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Keywords

Culture
Historic

Material
Metal • Wood

Site Type
Shipwreck

Investigation Types
Site Evaluation / Testing

General
Cultural Resource • Maritime Tradition • Vessel Types

Geographic Keywords
26061 (Fips Code) • Houghton (County) • Lake Superior • Michigan (State / Territory) • North America (Continent) • United States of America (Country)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -88.992; min lat: 46.42 ; max long: -88.044; max lat: 47.477 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Sponsor(s): National Park Service

Record Identifiers

NADB document id number(s): 550023

NADB citation id number(s): 000000067588

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