There are two wrecks in Marquette’s Underwater Preserve that boast easy access from Mattson Lower Harbor Park. They are the Marion L. and the Superior. They lie next to Thill’s…
Another local wreck in Marquette’s Underwater Preserve is the D. Leuty. She went down with her cargo of logs in a fall blizzard on Halloween of 1911 while trying to…
Scuba diving in Marquette wouldn’t be complete without a visit to the Cove at Presque Isle Park, or “The Island” as locals call it, in north Marquette. One could make…
I recently received this light from OrcaTorch, a Chinese manufacturer that specializes in personal lighting gear, including several models for Scuba diving. They sent it to me to review for…
December 21, 2017 DonLost with all hands November 9th, 1913 during one of the fiercest storms ever recorded in the Great Lakes, the 525 ft steel freighter HB Smith was recently discovered in…
December 21, 2017 DonAnother of the many shipwrecks in Marquette’s Underwater Preserve, is the schooner Florida. This two masted schooner was lost with one life in a November Blizzard in 1886. Some of…
December 3, 2017 DonOne of our many dive-able wrecks in Marquette’s Underwater Preserve, is the Charles J. Kershaw. It is located near the rock cut on US HWY 41 near Harvey. The Kershaw…