Hidden beneath the waves of Lake Michigan just off the coast of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, the U.S. Coast Guard’s Air Station found something incredible: decades old shipwrecks. Some of the ships wreckage dates back to the 1800’s, one of the ships, the Rising Sun set sail in 1917 and never made it home. Check out some of their finds.

 

1) The Traverse City Air Patrol was on a regularly scheduled run when they came across these stunning images.
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2) It is not uncommon to discover century old shipwrecks after the the thaw of a long winter.
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3) "This 133 foot long wooden steamer stranded just north of Pyramid Point," the Coast Guard said. "She went to pieces and her wreckage now rests in 6 to 12 feet of water."
4) This is believed to be a 121 foot vessel that sank around the 1850s.

5) And check out this cool video…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04_o6bvo8Cs

Makes you wonder, what else lies beneath the Great Lake?

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