Top ten great lakes wreck dives?

[OHIO DIVERS]

What do you think are top ten great lakes wreck dives?

 

[captndale]

What are the parameters/categories?

In the technical category, Gunilda would have to make the list just for bing so beautiful and well preserved. The steamship, Wisconsin, and the rail car ferry, Milwaukee, make very challenging technical penetration dives but also offer good advanced non-penetration or short-penetration sport dives. A sport dive, Lady Elgin is, arguably, the most historically significant shipwreck on the Great Lakes.

 

[ohmdiver]

The ST. Peter Near Pultneyville, NY

http://www.seawaytrail.com/images/PDFs/wreckofthestpeter.pdf

 

[Kingpatzer]

The best ones that anyone has ever dove are in the private back pockets of folks like Trotter. The top 10 that us mortals know about? That depends on the type of diving you like to do. Personally I think the America is one of my favorite dives even though it's not particularly challenging in any respect. But I've always had a great time on that wreck. It's been good to me.

 

[ohmdiver]

The America...in the St. Lawrence????

 

[Doppler]

Gunilda is certainly one. How about the Judge Hart, Windiate, SS Florida, John B. Cowle, Minnedosa, Dunderberg, and why not throw in the Hamilton, and the Scourge.

 

[rhwestfall]

The Bessemer - that is if you know where it is....

 

[ohmdiver]

If you can pick the Hamilton & Scourge then why not the Moral, Edmunds Fitzgerald, HMS Ontario or the Jodry (sp) or the Islander or A.E. Vickery , Keystorm... there are any number of wrecks in the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence spanning many diffrent Eras...perhaps to best narrow it down wood or steel, steam, or sail...

 

[FWADIVER]

I thought it was illegal to dive the fitz now.

 

[Doppler]

If you can pick the Hamilton & Scourge then why not the Moral, Edmunds Fitzgerald, HMS Ontario or the Jodry (sp) or the Islander or A.E. Vickery , Keystorm... there are any number of wrecks in the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence spanning many diffrent Eras...perhaps to best narrow it down wood or steel, steam, or sail...

Well, I can pick whatever I like, surely. The Morrell is a great wreck... never dived Big Fitz or the Ontario so I cannot comment. The Jodrey is in the St. Lawrence which I would not count as Great Lakes but it is an interesting wreck and if that area is to be included, should be on the list... we were asked for "our lists" and therefore am certain that I do not rank the Vickery and Keystorm, as nice as they are, with the likes of the Windiate et al... but go ahead and include them... were is your list by the way?