He Went Down with His Ship: Captain Burke and the Steamer Arlington

Name: He Went Down with His Ship: Captain Burke and the Steamer Arlington
Start: 2025-03-05T18:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-03-05T20:00:00-05:00
Location: 145 W Spring St, Marquette, MI, United States, Michigan 49855

Schedule

Wed Mar 05 2025 at 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

145 W Spring St, Marquette, MI, United States, Michigan 49855 | Marquette, MI

Wednesday, March 5, 2025, at 6:30 p.m.
At the Marquette Regional History Center
Scuba diver and historian Dan Fountain will take you on the voyage of the Arlington. In the summer of 2023, a group of shipwreck hunters set out for the middle of Lake Superior in search of a shipwreck. They succeeded in finding an intact steel steamer in deep water, but what was it? Subsequent ROV dives to the wreck revealed its unexpected identity, and further research revealed that the wreck had tales to tell of rescue by a nearby freighter, the first trip on the lake for two young deckhands, and the veteran captain who wouldn’t (or couldn’t?) abandon ship and went down to a watery grave. $5 suggested donation.
Attached image:
Artwork by Robert McGreevy courtesy of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society.