Straits of Mackinac Shipwreck Preserve

Straits of Mackinac Shipwreck Preserve
Aerial view of the waters protected within the Straits of Mackinac Shipwreck Preserve.
Location within the state of Michigan
Location	Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Cheboygan County, Emmet County, Mackinac County, Michigan, USA
Nearest city	Mackinaw City, Michigan
Coordinates	45°48′51″N 84°44′56″W / 45.8142°N 84.749°W / 45.8142; -84.749Coordinates: 45°48′51″N 84°44′56″W / 45.8142°N 84.749°W / 45.8142; -84.749
Area	148 square miles (380 km²)
Governing body	Michigan Department of Natural Resources

The Straits of Mackinac Shipwreck Preserve is a 148-square-mile (380 km²) state preserve in and around the Straits of Mackinac. The preserve is divided in two by the Mackinac Bridge. The waters of the preserve include the waters offshore from Mackinaw City and St. Ignace, as well as all or part of the shorelines of Bois Blanc Island, Mackinac Island, Round Island, and St. Helena Island.

The preserve contains at least eleven identified wrecks. Frequent fog and congested shipping added to the count of shipwrecks in the Straits area. Half a dozen lighthouses in and around the preserve testify to the dangers that existed prior to the invention of radar in the 1940s. Tragedies have continued, however. One modern wreck within the boundaries of the preserve is the Cedarville, a limestone lake freighter that sank in 1965 after a collision. For more information on the wrecks, see "Shipwrecks of the Straits of Mackinac" by Dr. Charles E. Feltner and Jeri Baron Feltner.

Divers also visit underwater formations of Mackinac breccia near Mackinac Island; one such formation, the Rock Maze, is offshore from Arch Rock. Further east off Arch Rock, a drowned, 100-foot-high (30 m) waterfall formation, Mackinac Falls, was discovered in August 2007.

Known wrecks within the preserve

Wreck Name	Depth	GPS/LAT/LON
William H. Barnum	58’ to 75’	45 44.42’N / 084 37.53’W
Cayuga	75’ to 102’	45 43.19’N / 085 11.36’W
Cedarville	40’ to 106’	45 47.13’N / 084 40.13’W
Eber Ward	111’ to 143’	45 48.83’N / 084 49.04’W
Fred McBrier	96’ to 104’	45 48.11’N / 085 55.09’W
Maitland	85’	45 49.20’N / 085 52.29’W
Minneapolis	124’	45 48.32’N / 084 50.08’W
Newell Eddy	165’	45 46.89’N / 084 13.81’W
Northwest	75’	45 47.32’N / 084 51.30’W
Rock Maze	0 to 35'	45 54.862’N / 084 36.402’W
Sandusky	70’ to 85’	45 48.09’N / 084 50.08’W
Martin Stalker	85'	45 47.38’N / 084 41.04’
St. Andrew	62'	45 42.07’N / 084 31.46’W
Uganda	185' to 207'	45 50.30’N / 085 03.49’W
William Young	120'	45 48.79’N / 084 41.91’W

References

Protected areas of Michigan

See also: Important Bird Areas of Michigan

National

Parks	Isle Royale Keweenaw (Historical) River Raisin (Battlefield)

Lakeshores	Pictured Rocks Sleeping Bear Dunes

Landmarks	Black Spruce Bog Natural Area Dead Stream Swamp Dukes Research Natural Area Grand Mere Lakes Haven Hill State Natural Area Newton Woods Porcupine Mountains Roscommon Virgin Pine Stand Strangmoor Bog Tobico Marsh Toumey Woods Warren Woods State Park

Forests	Hiawatha Huron-Manistee Ottawa

Wildlife Refuges	Detroit River Harbor Island Huron Kirtlands Warbler Wildlife Management Area Michigan Islands Michigan Wetland Management District Seney Shiawassee

Other	Grand Island National Recreation Area Father Marquette National Memorial Saint Helena Island National Scenic Area Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary

State

Parks	Algonac Aloha Baraga Belle Isle Bewabic Brimley Burt Lake Cambridge Junction Cheboygan Clear Lake Coldwater Lake Craig Lake Dodge #4 Duck Lake Fayette Fisherman's Island Fort Michilimackinac Fort Wilkins Grand Haven Grand Mere Harrisville Hart-Montague Trail Hartwick Pines Hayes Mill Creek P.H. Hoeft P.J. Hoffmaster Holland Indian Lake Interlochen Kal-Haven Trail Lake Gogebic Lakelands Trail Lakeport Leelanau Ludington Mackinac Island Maybury F.J. McLain Mears Meridian-Baseline Mitchell Muskallonge Lake Muskegon Negwegon Newaygo North Higgins Lake Onaway Orchard Beach Otsego Lake Palms Book Petoskey Porcupine Mountains Port Crescent Rockport Sanilac Petroglyphs Saugatuck Dunes Seven Lakes Silver Lake Sleeper Sleepy Hollow South Higgins Lake Sterling Straits Tahquamenon Falls Tawas Point Thompson's Harbor Traverse City Twin Lakes Van Buren Van Buren Trail Van Riper Warren Dunes Warren Woods Wells White Pine Trail Wilderness William G. Milliken Wilson Young

Recreation Areas	Bald Mountain Bass River Bay City Brighton Fort Custer Highland Holly Ionia Island Lake Lake Hudson Menominee River Metamora-Hadley Ortonville Pinckney Pontiac Lake Proud Lake Rifle River Waterloo Wetzel Yankee Springs

Forests	Au Sable Copper Country Escanaba River Lake Superior Mackinaw Pere Marquette

Underwater Preserves	Alger De Tour Passage Grand Traverse Bay Keweenau Manitou Passage Marquette Sanilac Shores Southwest Michigan Straits of Mackinac Thumb Area Whitefish Point

Other (inc. game areas)	Agate Falls Scenic Site Allegan State Game Area Bond Falls Scenic Site Laughing Whitefish Falls Scenic Site Michigan Islands Wilderness Area Pointe Mouillee State Game Area Ralph A. MacMullan Conference Center Sturgeon Point Scenic Site Wagner Falls Scenic Site

Michigan Department of Natural Resources

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