Shipwrecks Tell Stories

Shipwrecks Tell Stories. . Each shipwreck off Whitefish Dunes State Park has its own story to tell through personal accounts, newspaper articles, photographs and artifacts like these pieces of wood. Come listen to their stories. , , Why are shipwrecks important? When a ship sinks, it becomes a time capsule, recording how people lived and worked at that specific time. If a ship sank in 1893, everything on board came from 1893 or earlier. Underwater archaeologists use these items to tell the ship's story. , , Which Shipwrecks did these pieces come from? Washing ashore over many years, the pieces are difficult to connect with a specific vessel because of the large number of shipwrecks in the area. One of the shipwrecks hurned making its pieces easy to identify by the charring on the wood. , , Today, we often think of water as an obstacle to travel, but during the 1800s and early 1900s, the Great Lakes provided the easiest and cheapest way to move people and cargo about the country.