The Lake Erie Islands
The shallowest of the Great Lakes
Lake Erie is shallow enough that a hard wind builds a steep, breaking sea within hours.
Between the Bass Islands, Kelleys Island and the Pelee passage, deep-draft vessels threaded reefs and rock ledges on the busiest freight route in the region. Shallow water makes Erie storms abrupt and violent, ice takes vessels in the shoulder seasons, and fog settles over the island passages in spring. Wrecks here are close inshore and often intact in cold, fresh water.
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Records in These Waters
AvailableAdmiral
AH-WR-1515Cleveland, Ohio
1942 · Tug
AvailableAdventure
AH-WR-0282Lake Erie
19th century · Wooden Schooner
RegisteredAnthony Wayne
AH-WR-0157Vermilion, Ohio
1850 · Side-Wheel Passenger And Package Steamer · 50-60 deep
RegisteredArgo
AH-WR-0285Lake Erie
19th century · Wooden Schooner
AvailableC.G. Breed
AH-WR-1701Ashtabula, Ohio
1879 · Schooner
AvailableCarlingford
AH-WR-1551Off Dunkirk, New York, Lake Erie
1881 · Three-Masted Schooner
AvailableCity of Concord
AH-WR-1984Kelleys Island, Ohio
1906 · Steam Screw
AvailableClarion
AH-WR-1512Point Pelee, Ontario
1909 · Package Freighter
AvailableCleveco
AH-WR-0219Euclid, Ohio
1942 · Tank Barge · 70 to 80 feet deep
AvailableCortland
AH-WR-0517Lorain, Ohio
1868 · Brig
AvailableCraftsman
AH-WR-0284Lake Erie
early 20th century · Steel Bulk Freighter
RegisteredDean Richmond
AH-WR-0156Northeast, Pennsylvania
1893 · Package Freight Steamer · 95 ft deep
AvailableDundee
AH-WR-0220Cleveland, Ohio
1900 · Schooner · 70 to 80 feet deep
AvailableErie
AH-WR-1516Silver Creek, New York
1841 · Passenger Steamer
AvailableF.H. Prince
AH-WR-0283Long Point, Lake Erie
1911 · Steel Bulk Freighter
RegisteredG. P. Griffith
AH-WR-0155Willoughby/Willowick, Ohio
1850 · Passenger And Package Steamer
AvailableIsabella J. Boyce
AH-WR-0858Middle Bass Island, Ohio
1917 · Sandsucker · 4-10 deep
AvailableIvanhoe
AH-WR-1989Avon Lake, Ohio
1855 · Schooner
AvailableJames B. Colgate
AH-WR-1513Long Point, Ontario
1916 · Whaleback Freighter
AvailableJames H. Reed
AH-WR-1986Conneaut, Ohio
1944 · Steam Screw
AvailableJohn B. Lyon
AH-WR-1987Conneaut, Ohio
1900 · Steam Screw
AvailableJohn F. Eddy
AH-WR-0286Lake Erie
19th century · Wooden Schooner
AvailableJohn Pridgeon, Jr.
AH-WR-1990Cleveland, Ohio
1909 · Steam Screw
AvailableMargaret Olwill
AH-WR-0859Lorain, Ohio
1899 · Steam Barge
AvailableMerida
AH-WR-1514Long Point, Ontario
1916 · Bulk Freighter
AvailableMorning Star
AH-WR-0516Lorain, Ohio
1868 · Sidewheel Steamer · 59-68 deep
AvailableSand Merchant
AH-WR-0857Avon Point, Avon Lake, Ohio
1936 · Sandsucker (Bulk Sand Dredge) · 60-65 deep
AvailableSarah E. Sheldon
AH-WR-1985Sheffield Lake, Ohio
1905 · Steam Screw
AvailableSS Marquette & Bessemer No. 2
AH-WR-0154Conneaut, Ohio
1909 · Railroad Car Ferry
AvailableStephen F. Gale
AH-WR-1991Fairport Harbor, Ohio
1876 · Schooner
AvailableSuccess
AH-WR-0518Port Clinton, Ohio
1946 · Barquentine · 15 ft deep
AvailableSultan
AH-WR-1565Off Cleveland, Ohio
1864 · Brigantine
AvailableTwo Fannies
AH-WR-1988Bay Village, Ohio
1890 · Bark (or Barque)
AvailableW. R. Hanna
AH-WR-0158Kelleys Island, Ohio
1886 · Scow Schooner · 3-8 deep
