Posted by Scott on February 11, 19103 at 23:33:28:
In Reply to: Re: Unknown Isle Royale shipwreck posted by P. Fazzini on February 10, 19103 at 19:21:08:
I think the shot you are referring to is on the North Shore . . . unfortunately I am not exactly sure where. I have wondered about it for years and I think what you are looking at is a shot of the remains of either the Robert Fryer or perhaps the Saint Andrew, or something like that. The Fryer is on B Island of the Welcome Islands group. It has recieved a lot of salvage as the water is shallow and the wreck burned. More scrap metal salvaging, this could be a pre salvage photo of one of these wrecks. Unfortunately, the there is nothing to hint at the location in the photo.
Scott McWilliam
: : That picture has fascinated me for years. However, I am fairly sure that it was not taken at Isle Royale. I've seen other versions of that image and it was attributed to a wreck at another location, but I don't recall which one. In any event, I believe the attribution to Isle Royale is in error.
: : : I beleive that it is in a classic history of Great Lakes Shipwrecks -Dana T. Bowen "Shipwrecks of the
: : : Lakes"-among photograph inserts is that of broken
: : : ship aground near Isle Royale of Lake Superior. No name
: : : is given-except the location and remark that it had been there many years. Any idea of identity?
: If copyright expired-place picture on Internet
: for other Websities/newsletters of Great Lakes Shipwrecks-prehaps there will be a responce