Follow a chronicle of shipwreck exploration as underwater archaeologists from the Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS) examine several shipwrecks in Lake Michigan throughout 2005. Working in cooperation with the
Wisconsin Underwater Archaeology Association,
Great Lakes Shipwreck Research Foundation,
University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute,
Wisconsin Coastal Management Program,
Wisconsin Department of Transportation, the
Wisconsin Maritime Museum, and the
University of Milwaukee’s Great Lakes WATER Institute, archaeologists describe their work in daily postings of journal entries and photographs. The daily updates include explanations of each step of the fieldwork.
This year’s fieldwork will concentrate on scow schooners, with the exploration and documentation of the scows Iris in Jackson Harbor, the Ocean Wave off Whitefish Point, and the Tennie & Laura off Port Washington. Other field projects include documentation of the schooner Daniel Lyons off Algoma, and East Carolina University’s Program in Maritime Studies will return this fall to document the steam barge Joys in Sturgeon Bay. Also watch for the installation of several new Maritime Trails Markers throughout Wisconsin.
