Ship Wreck Close to Home
September 15th, 2009 | 
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Yesterday I was at the Marina Park with the kids. I noticed in the distance towards the lighthouse there was a park bench so I thought I would walk towards it and check it out. I tried to take some pictures but I guess it was foggy or hazy as they are not very good pictures. I also discovered a Huge Blue Historical Sign. There was a ship wreck back in 1878 8 miles Northeast of here. How cool is that. Not cool that it happened. But one of the many shipwrecks in the Great Lakes. Even better one close to home. The depth is 100 feet down.
The ship was the Danial Lyons. The schooner is what is left of the ship. The ship was carrying some grain which had left from Chicago and was headed to New York. This ship collided with another ship called the Kate Gillet. During the collision the Kate Gillet sliced through nearly half of the Lyon’s starboard side. Amazingly no lives were lost. The crew was rescued by the Gillet. It did say that the Lyons Ship sunk very fast.
What I find very interesting is that divers can go and check out this site. You can see the wooden ship along with equipment from back in the 1800′s. That is totally cool!
Another intersting thing I came across was another sign that talked about the Sailing of the Christmas Tree Ship. The ship was called Rouse Simmons and it was made right here in Algoma. I am not going to go into detail about this one. If you would like to read more about this you can go HERE.
I love the light house and I will get some better pictures next time. These are a little blurry but here is the light house in Algoma. It was foggy and hazy down there. So my picture didn’t turn out the best.
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Tags: Algoma, Danial Lyons, Great Lake Ship Wreck, Lighthouse, Lyons Shipwreck, Ship Wreck
17 Responses to “Ship Wreck Close to Home”
WOW…that is crazy! Oh how I would LOVE to live so close to water
Maybe someday….
Happy tuesday!
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September 15th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
I don’t have any diving experience. Someday I would love to learn as I think it would be neat to look at the actual ship wrecks.
Wow crazy that is really interesting!
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September 15th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
I thought so too. All the years I lived here I had no idea.
That is really cool! I would love to live by the water, but I don’t ever want to leave where I am either, so oh well. I guess if I ever become rich I can buy a vacation home!
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September 15th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
LOL I love living by the water. Even if it is just a lake. LOL
Oh wow that is cool!! Being in Michigan we have our share of shipwrecks and museums. Our honeymoon was spent checking out lighthouses. I even took a picture of a foggy day off of Lake Superior! Kind of spooky:)
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September 16th, 2009 at 7:37 am
The fog on the lake can look creepy for sure! I love lake Superior it sure looks cleaner then Lake Michigan. I really want to see the ship wreck Museums. If I am not mistaken aren’t they near Suite Saint Marie?
Cool that you live near the water. I lived near the beach for a few years and loved it.
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September 16th, 2009 at 7:38 am
I love living near the lake. I love the lake breeze!
Looks very interesting. I wish I live near the water too. Happy Tuesday!
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Excellent post and the photos are spectacular. Well done.
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September 16th, 2009 at 7:38 am
Thanks Thom!
Foggy seems to be a normal thing near the water, your photos make me miss the Oregon Coast even more. We lived within a few miles of the coast for awhile and explored many lighthouses.
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September 16th, 2009 at 8:32 am
I really love seeing lighthouses. So many places I would like to see.
wow!what fun!!!
lucky lucky you!
we live in middle of nowhere…sigh!
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September 19th, 2009 at 9:20 am
Well I kinda live in the middle of no where. All the big citys are about 50 miles away. I would love to see the ship wreck. Maybe someday I will learn how to dive. That would be so cool to see them underwater like that.