For one glorious week in August, we will dive the deep wrecks off of Presque Isle and Rodger City.  Weather permitting, this will include the Typo in 195ft of water, which is a 3-masted schooner that sank intact with a mast still standing. The ship's bell remains hanging atop the windless, with coal and debris spilling from the stern where the impact of a collision occurred. 

Both Defiance and John J. Audubon were victims of greed. The year was 1850, and shipping company owners demanded faster turnaround times for delivery. The result was more costly than productive. In that one season alone, 70 ships sank, and 119 lives were lost. Today, you'll find the Audubon in 178ft of water, nicely intact. The Defiance was a 2-masted schooner that rests intact in 185ft of water.

A store favorite is the Kyle Spangler which is one of the most intact canal schooners preserved in Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary. In 1860, she collided with another schooner and sank within 10 minutes.

Divers: Technical Certified Divers only with experience diving cold water in depths reaching 200ft.

Dive Time: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.