Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum

Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum
Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum complex
Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum is located in Michigan
Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum
Location within the state of Michigan
Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum is located in the United States
Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum
Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum (the United States)
LocationWhitefish Point Light
Nearest cityShelldrake, Michigan
Coordinates46°46′14″N 84°57′24″W / 46.77056°N 84.95667°W / 46.77056; -84.95667
Area8.27 acres (3.35 ha)
Built1985
Architectural styleIron pile lighthouse
NRHP reference No.73000947[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 28, 1973
Designated MSHSFebruary 22, 1974[2]

The Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum is located at the Whitefish Point Light Station 11 miles (18 km) north of Paradise in Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The light station property was transferred to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society (GLSHS), the Michigan Audubon Society (MAS), and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in 1996. The three entities share governance of the site. The museum is operated by the GLSHS. The museum exhibits artifacts from shipwrecks from the Whitefish Point Underwater Preserve and the bell from the wreck of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.[3][4] Admission to the museum includes a tour of historic buildings with displays that interpret the Great Lakes maritime, United States Coast Guard, and US Life-Saving Service history.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ State of Michigan (2009). "Whitefish Point Light". Archived from the original on May 11, 2012. Retrieved June 26, 2010.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Museum complex was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Walsh-Sarnecki, Peggy (2005-11-10). "Edmund Fitzgerald still haunts Great Lakes sailors". USA Today. Retrieved 2011-01-27.