Manitou Passage
The sheltered short cut past Sleeping Bear
Manitou Passage carried traffic between the Manitou Islands and the Michigan mainland as a shorter, calmer route than the open lake. Shoals on both sides of the channel claimed schooners and steamers alike, and many now lie inside a state underwater preserve.
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Records in These Waters
AvailableAetna
AH-WR-1811South Fox Reef, Michigan
1878 · Schooner
AvailableAlva Bradley
AH-WR-0853North Manitou Island, Michigan
1894 · Schooner · 20-27 deep
AvailableFrancisco Morazan
AH-WR-0819South Manitou Island, Michigan
1960 · Package Freighter · 20 deep
RegisteredGeneral Taylor
AH-WR-0855Manitou Passage, Michigan
1862 · Schooner · 10-12 deep
AvailableThree Brothers
AH-WR-0821South Manitou Island, Michigan
1911 · Steam Barge · 45 deep
AvailableW.H. Gilcher
AH-WR-1523North Manitou Island, Michigan
1892 · Bulk Freighter
AvailableWalter L. Frost
AH-WR-0822South Manitou Island, Michigan
1903 · Package Freighter · 12 ft deep
AvailableWestmoreland
AH-WR-0820Platte Bay, near Empire, Michigan
1854 · Passenger And Package Steamer · 200 ft deep
AvailableWilliam T. Graves
AH-WR-0854Manitou Passage, Michigan
1885 · Schooner · 20 ft deep
