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Everyone of these wrecks is a known wreck, but the identification is ongoing. Some historians identify ships with a name through stories while divers have the wreck but then try to find a name.
Many links are from the Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library, Great Lakes Maritime Collection (http://greatlakeships.org/). Additional underwater photographs from Dan Scoville’s web site https://www.shipwreckstories.com/ and Tim Caza and Dennis Gerber’s website https://sonarguy.com/. They have made over 100 discoveries in the past six years.
Shipwrecks of the Thousand Islands, second edition, is available to purchase online at https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/dennis-mccarthy/shipwrecks-of-the-thousand-islands-2016-edition/paperback/product-1yjrwg95.html and the photographer Vlada Dekina has dive photographs containing valuable research material at https://www.wrecksandreefs.com/