In 2023, 13 shipwrecks were discovered in Wisconsin’s Lake Michigan waters, blowing away the previous record of 4 discoveries set in 2015.
Caitlin Looby covered the story for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
“Shorelines in the Great Lakes are really dynamic, and water levels fluctuate from year to year,” Looby said. “From the record low water year in 2013 and the record high water year in 2020, and then the water moving back down to near average today. It’s possible that caused the sandbars to shift dramatically and uncovering more shipwrecks in shallower waters.”