Ice Bound

Even today, discoveries are found in the most unlikely of locations. We explore the remains of a sailing vessel that closely resembles the designs of a traditional Mackinaw boat. While we document this wreck we also stumble across the remains of another sailing vessel we believe to be the Crispin. Then we head off shore and tell the lost fatefully story of the schooner Artic and uncover the disaster that sent her to the bottom of Lake Huron. Then we explore the amazingly preserved remains of the A. E. Everett that saw its demise with her hull being crushed by winter ice.

Crispin

The Crispin was a 2 masted Brig built in 1845 at Sackett's Harbor in New York. The Crispin sank on May 10th, 1850 in shallow water while hauling building stones. It appears the wreck site often gets covered with silt which may have been the reason its whereabouts were relatively unknown.

Jacob Bertschy

The Jacob Bertschy was lost in a storm on September 3rd, 1879. The Bertschy was a steamer that was 139 feet long. Today the Bertschy sits in only 6 feet of water however because of its location off shore its a long shore dive swim. Because of this, the wreck site is not often visited by divers.

Mackinaw Wreck

A recent discovery of the remains of a sailing vessel just outside the Grindstone City marina. The vessel had a double ended design with a drop centerboard of a Mackinaw boat design. Divers can explore the drop centerboard keel and the remains of the centerboard itself sitting on the port bow.

Arctic

The Arctic was a 2 masted schooner built by William Lent, that was enrolled in Cleveland Ohio on April 26th, 1853. On September 17th, 1895 the vessel was headed upbound from Detroit to Rodgers City, Michigan. About 9 miles north-northeast of Point Aux Barques, the Arctic was struck by the steamer Clyde and quickly sank to the bottom of Lake Huron. Because of the increased visibility and advancements in technology we are finally able to identify the remains of the Arctic and tell its fateful tale.

A. E. Everett

The A. E. Everett was a wooden steamer enrolled at Cleveland Ohio on July 8th, 1880. On April 30th, 1895 the vessel was downbound headed to Buffalo, New York when the Everett found itself stuck in ice about 20 miles north of Pointe Aux Barques. The hull finally succumbed to the pressures of the ice and started flooding. Amazingly the crew was rescued by the Eber Ward. In a cruel twist of fates, the Eber Ward would later sink in the same circumstances in the Straits of Mackinaw. Today the Everett is one of the most intact and well preserved wooden steamers in the Great Lakes. Join us as we explore this amazing piece of history frozen in time.

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