⚓ Great Lakes Shipwreck Database

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Data compiled from Swayze's Great Lakes Shipwreck File, NOAA, Thunder Bay NMS, state historical societies, and public records.

Newspaper articles sourced from the Library of Congress Chronicling America collection.

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