Credits & Acknowledgements
It is important to give proper credit and acknowledgements to all of the various sources presented in this website. Much of the material presented is stuff I personally collected from a wide variety of sources. At the time this was not intended for public consumption in a website. Therefore, I have tried to add URL's and name sources everywhere that I had it or could re-find it. Unfortunately, there remains much that lacks proper credit. Those omissions are mine and mine alone. If anyone contacts me through this website contact form and informs me of a missing source I will confirm it and add it ASAP. For those who go unacknowledged please accept my apology.
There are several "special" sources that do require special thanks and need to be singled out for acknowledgement of their content:
First are all of the members of the Undersea Research Associates team … both current members and all the past members. They give so much of their personal time and hard efforts. Moreover, they contribute to the funding of the research accomplished by URA. Finally, the underwater, and surface, video and stills taken by many URA members wind up not only in this website, but in the DVD's and the public talks given by URA. THANKS TEAM!!
URA member Jared Daniel has been particularly generous in sharing his own shipwreck research and much of the older URA research with me. Thanks, Jared.
There are several "special" sources that do require special thanks and need to be singled out for acknowledgement of their content:
First are all of the members of the Undersea Research Associates team … both current members and all the past members. They give so much of their personal time and hard efforts. Moreover, they contribute to the funding of the research accomplished by URA. Finally, the underwater, and surface, video and stills taken by many URA members wind up not only in this website, but in the DVD's and the public talks given by URA. THANKS TEAM!!
URA member Jared Daniel has been particularly generous in sharing his own shipwreck research and much of the older URA research with me. Thanks, Jared.
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Robert McGreevy stuns us with his visual drawings of Great Lakes shipwrecks. His book Legends of the Lakes are greatly drawn upon in this website. Robert and Dave and other members of URA have known and worked together for many years. Most/many of the drawing of underwater shipwrecks in Robert's book come from video, drawings, and talking with the divers of URA who find and dive these pristine "virgin" shipwrecks. You will see Robert McGreevy drawings throughout this website (and hopefully all given appropriate credit!) I've also included Robert's text from his book for the URA discovered shipwrecks on this web. The close working relationship with Robert is one of the finest examples of how two independent organizations can cooperate, work together, and share information. Thank you Robert … for all the years of giving us such stunning imagery of Great Lakes ships and shipwrecks!!
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Another great resource drawn extensively upon in this website are the series of books on Great Lake's shipwrecks written by Cris Kohl & Joan Forsberg. They are prolific in documenting wrecks on a continuing new basis and also digging out folklore on the history of Great Lake shipwrecks!
Cris' newest book, The Great Lakes Diving Guide, Enlarged 2nd Edition, has been a primary resource for this website.
For shipwreck enthusiasts The Kohl & Forsberg collection are a great read and a great resource for your bookshelf.
Cris' newest book, The Great Lakes Diving Guide, Enlarged 2nd Edition, has been a primary resource for this website.
For shipwreck enthusiasts The Kohl & Forsberg collection are a great read and a great resource for your bookshelf.
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Special thanks must also go to Walter Lewis of Maritime History Great Lakes (URL: http://www.maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca/ who was so helpful in some of my initial URA research I performed on both the Water Witch and the R.G. Colburn. Not only did Walter help point me to many new resources he went above and beyond and pulled out many old newspaper articles published at the time of the ship losses. He was an early mentor to me and a great resource
There are, of course many other useful shipwreck resources. The Alpena Library (https://alpenalibrary.org/?q=greatlakesmaritime) has an outstanding collection of material, including the entire C. Patrick Labadie collection!
Other resources I've used on this website include the National Museum of the Great Lakes, Bowling Green Great Lake Vessels (http://greatlakes.bgsu.edu/), Dave Swayze's The Great Lakes Shipwreck File (greatlakeshistory.homestead.com/home.html) , The old Great Lakes Maritime Database (relocated now to the Alpena Library), Shipwrecks of the Munising Area (<http://www.ship-wreck.com/shipwreck/projects/munising/> ), and of course Great Lakes Vessel History (https://www.greatlakesvesselhistory.com/) to mention a few.
Finally, an outstanding reference site that I have extensively drawn from is True Stories Of Ships And The Men That Sailed Them (http://perdurabo10.tripod.com/ships/index.html) and the compelling stories and the human drama of these shipwrecks written by James L. Donahue. From his own website: James L. Donahue is the author of four fine books crammed with Great Lakes shipwreck and shipping history. His books, available through Thunderbay Press, can be purchased on line at Amazon, Borders and other popular book sellers. They include Steaming Through Smoke and Fire, Steamboats In Ice 1872, Terrifying Steamboat Stories and Schooners In Peril. Most of these excerpts from James' website are included near the bottom of each shipwreck page (when available) … so don't forget to scroll down and read his accounts of the men, women and children that survive … or perish … on these shipwrecks. GREAT READS!!!
I hope the content collected here on the URA website on shipwrecks discovered by Dave Trotter's team proves to be interesting and useful. The thanks go to all of the above contributors and those I've omitted due to time and memory loss.
Wayne J. "Mike" Michaels November 2018
Other resources I've used on this website include the National Museum of the Great Lakes, Bowling Green Great Lake Vessels (http://greatlakes.bgsu.edu/), Dave Swayze's The Great Lakes Shipwreck File (greatlakeshistory.homestead.com/home.html) , The old Great Lakes Maritime Database (relocated now to the Alpena Library), Shipwrecks of the Munising Area (<http://www.ship-wreck.com/shipwreck/projects/munising/> ), and of course Great Lakes Vessel History (https://www.greatlakesvesselhistory.com/) to mention a few.
Finally, an outstanding reference site that I have extensively drawn from is True Stories Of Ships And The Men That Sailed Them (http://perdurabo10.tripod.com/ships/index.html) and the compelling stories and the human drama of these shipwrecks written by James L. Donahue. From his own website: James L. Donahue is the author of four fine books crammed with Great Lakes shipwreck and shipping history. His books, available through Thunderbay Press, can be purchased on line at Amazon, Borders and other popular book sellers. They include Steaming Through Smoke and Fire, Steamboats In Ice 1872, Terrifying Steamboat Stories and Schooners In Peril. Most of these excerpts from James' website are included near the bottom of each shipwreck page (when available) … so don't forget to scroll down and read his accounts of the men, women and children that survive … or perish … on these shipwrecks. GREAT READS!!!
I hope the content collected here on the URA website on shipwrecks discovered by Dave Trotter's team proves to be interesting and useful. The thanks go to all of the above contributors and those I've omitted due to time and memory loss.
Wayne J. "Mike" Michaels November 2018