BITA: Shipwrecks in the Apostle Islands
Ken Merryman, scuba diver and
president of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Preservation Society

Shipwrecks
  • How many wrecks have occurred on Lake Superior?
  • How many wrecks have sunk in the Apostles? Where are they?
  • When and how did the Sevona and Fedora sink?
  • Where do they lie now?

  • What is "box construction"?
  • Why do so many wrecks lie flat on the lake bed?
  • What are the knees of a ship? What do they do?
Ken and IsaiahKen and Isaiah with a dive computer and a scuba dry suit.

Learn about Lake Superior Shipwrecks

SCUBA diving

  • What does SCUBA mean?
  • What equipment do you use to dive?
  • How do you learn to dive?
  • What are the "bends"? How do they happen?
  • What are dive computers used for?

Learn about SCUBA


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