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Lake Superior Shipwrecks & Dive Sites

This page is currently a work in progress.  Please let us know what you would like to see on this page!


If you would like to bookmark this page, http://glsps.clubexpress.com/divesites/ will direct you here.

Much information can also be found at the Minnesota Historical Society, Superior Trips, LLC, and the book Shipwrecks Along Superior's North Shore.

The Edmund Fitzgerald:

Here is an article about the first and only two divers that have dived the Edmund Fitzgerald on open circuit scuba in September, 1995.  

The Fitzgerald was not Illegal to dive at that time.  However, in 2006, the Canadian Government passed a Law the will not allow anyone to dive it and two other shipwrecks in Canadian waters of Lake Superior.  There is a one Million Dollar fine for diving it!  The only way it can be dived is applying for a pain staking Archaeological permit by an official organization such as the GLSPS. 

The GLSPS has no plan to obtain any permits for performing an Archaeology Study at this time.  Scuba or Rebreather diving technology as of 2020 has not been designed for recreational or scientific diving to be safe enough for the masses at that depth yet.  Even though these guys successfully completed the dive, it was very risky at best.  (Planning and dedication was the key to a successful dive.

There is no doubt that some day an Archaeology Study may need to be performed to check the condition of the Edmund Fitzgerald and its official grave site for the 29 crew that lost their lives.  It would be the right thing to do to keep their grave yard site monitored throughout time.

https://mynorth.com/2008/11/death-defying-shipwreck-dive-edmund-fitzgerald/?fbclid=IwAR1kXAsrq2W8GPO8761n34drxXbMetoBMC6f63vqOQ-FjpEMA05LWJ2zLcQ 



The GLSPS also maintains buoys for numerous shipwrecks, mostly along the north shore of Lake Superior.  More info can be found on our Shipwreck Mooring Buoy Management page.  This is also a schedule as to when the buoys are installed and removed each year.
 
If you find any of this information to be incorrect, please Contact Us!

Lake Superior Dive Sites

North Shore

Sites are ordered by latitude, South to North.
Dive Site Shore Access Depth Mooring Buoy Buoy Managed By GPS Coordinates
Thomas Wilson No   No n/a  
Mayflower
No   Bow - No

Stern - No
 n/a

n/a		 N 46° 48.195'
W 92° 00.663'
N 46° 48.195'
W 92° 00.663'
S.P. Ely No   Yes GLSPS
  
Madeira Yes   Bow
Stern 		GLSPS
GLSPS 		 
Just For Fun
 Yes   No
 GLSPS  
Hesper Yes   Yes GLSPS  

Isle Royale

Sites are ordered alphabetically.
Dive Site Depth Mooring Buoy Buoy Managed By GPS Coordinates
Algoma 10' - 80'
     N 48° 06.431'
W 88° 32.335'
America  2' - 75'
 Yes NPS N 47° 53.628'
W 89° 13.345'
Chester A Congdon
60' - 120'
 
20' - 220'
Bow
 
Stern
NPS
 
NPS
 N 48° 11.559'
W 88° 30.815'
N 48° 11.620'
W 88° 30.881'
Chisholm
115' - 155'
 
20' - 60'
Engine
 
Hull
NPS
 
-
 N 47° 51.450'
W 89° 19.796'
N 47° 51.459'
W 89° 19.679'
George M Cox
 10' - 100'
     N 47° 51.462'
W 89° 19.385'
Cumberland
 30' - 80'
    N 47° 51.465'
W 89° 19.650'
Emperor
110' - 175'
 
25' - 175'
Stern
 
Bow
NPS
 
NPS
 N 48° 12.018'
W 88° 29.606'
N 48° 12.003'
W 88° 29.525'
Glenlyon
 15' - 80'
     N 47° 57.178'
W 88° 44.824'
Kamloops
180' - 270'
 
240 - 270'
 Stern(SF)
 
Bow(SF)
   N 48° 05.118'
W 88° 46.000'
N 48° 05.121'
W 88° 46.031'
Monarch  10' - 80'
     N 48° 11.334'
W 88° 25.957'
Fish Tug in Five Finger Bay
 10' - 17'
 No   N 48° 09.325'
W 88° 31.303'
     (SF) Submerged Float
    

Apostle Islands

Sites are ordered alphabetically.
Dive Site Depth Mooring Buoy Buoy Managed By GPS Coordinates
Pretoria        
Sevona