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Shipwrecks, Monsters, and Mysteries of the Great Lakes
Shipwrecks, Monsters, and Mysteries of the Great Lakes    
Format Softcover
Catalogue No. 978-1-77049-206-6
Pages 82
Language English only
Price $16.99
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Written by Ed Butts.
Published by Tundra Books, 2010.

Description:
In 1679, a French ship called The Griffon left Green Bay on Lake Michigan, bound for Niagara with a cargo of furs. Neither The Griffon nor the five-man crew was ever seen again. Though The Griffon's fate remains a mystery, its disappearance was probably the result of the first shipwreck on a Great Lake.

Since then, more than six thousand wrecks now litter the bottoms of the Great Lakes, each one with its own tragic tale of loss. It is said that monsters inhabit the waters too! For many years, saltwater mariners scoffed at the freshwater sailors of the Great Lakes, "puddles" compared to the vast oceans. But those who actually worked on the Great Lakes ships knew differently.

Shoals and reefs, uncharted rocks, and sandbars could snare a ship or rip open a hull. Unpredictable winds could capsize a vessel at any moment. A ship caught in a storm had much less room to maneuver than did one at sea. The wreckage of ships and the bones of the people who sail them litter the bottoms of the five lakes: Ontario, Erie, Huron, Michigan, and Superior. Ed Butts has gathered stories and lake lore in this fascinating, frightening volume. For anyone living on the shores of the Great Lakes, these tales will inspire a new interest and respect for their storied past.

Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The Wreck of the Speedy
  • The Scourge and the Hamilton
  • The Lady Elgin
  • The Waubuno Mystery
  • The Bannockburn Mystery
  • The Wreck of the Monarch
  • Strange Tale of the Success
  • Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
  • Creatures of the Abyss
  • A Monster Called Bessie
  • Bibliography
Ed Butts is a writer and editor with a special interest in Canadian history. He lived for several years in the Dominican Republic, where he taught English and social studies and wrote regularly for local magazines. He has published several books of fiction and non-fiction and has written for numerous publications in Canada and the United States. Ed Butts lives in Guelph, Ontario.

  
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