New wreck

[FreediveWI]

The one you were on is now thought to be the RELIABLE and the new one appears to be the BOND.

As one goes through the research more details come out and names can be changed. A good example of this is the Dredge #6 which what thought to be the Dredge 906 for some time because it was written down incorrectly in a varitey of books. Another good example is the "Murray Bay" wreck in Munising. I think that I have heard at least 3 different names for that wreck.

There are lots more out there to be found, but the bottom topography off of Milwaukee makes it more difficult to find wrecks than in other Great Lakes. I can't tell you how many times we've been back and forth over an area with a side scan which clearly shows a ship on the bottom, only to find a clay mound shaped just like a boat hull, or a boulder bigger than the boat!

Other lakes, like Huron, have a flat mud bottom that really makes the wrecks stick out on sonar, Michigan has some pretty wild, and very interesting, bottom structure to it. This makes things much more difficult.

One other thing that lies not to far away from the wreck you were on is the remenants of an underwater forrest that dates back, if I can remember this right, to about 10,000 years ago. Jerry found that on a scooter survey.

Jon