One of the largest wooden freighters of its time, the SS Florida, sank on 21 May, 1897, after a collision with the George Roby, considered then to be the largest wooden freighter. Today, the Florida sits 204 feet below the surface of Lake Huron near Presque Isle. Photo by Chris Roxburgh.
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The first February sunrise in Duluth at the canal: the North Pier light and the South Breakwater Outer Light are silhouetted in the sunrise, 1 February, 2023. Photo by Bjornberg Photography.
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Winter light: First lit in 1910 and retired by the U.S. Coast Guard in 1969, Minnesota’s Split Rock Lighthouse on Lake Superior is relit a couple of times a year for special occasions. One of those occasions is the memorial for the sinking of the steamer Edmund Fitzgerald on 10 November, 1975. Photo by Steve Simmer.
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For those, like me, who may be in a part of the world where it might be just a wee bit chilly at the moment: summertime sunshine at Sherwood Point Light, Wisconsin, overlooking the waters of Lake Michigan's Green Bay. Photo by Raymond Rauen, Jr.
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Saturday sunrise at Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada.
The Point Abino Lighthouse is in the distance. It was built in 1917 after United States Lightship Buffalo (LV-82), built for the United States Lighthouse Service in 1911 and marking the point and it's dangerous shoals, sank in a storm in November, 1913, with the loss of its crew. The Buffalo was recovered in 1915 two miles from where it sank, refurbished and remained in service until 1936. Photo by Brad Wood.
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