Leelanau's Coast Holds 1,500 Shipwrecks — and Its Largest Remains Missing
By Ross Boissoneau | Dec. 1, 2025
While the Edmund Fitzgerald has been in the news for the 50th anniversary of its sinking, Lake Michigan and Leelanau County have their own rich histories of shipwrecks, says Kim Kelderhouse of the Leelanau Historical Society & Museum. November is also the anniversary of the wreck of the Bradley, she says.
The Bradley, a freighter returning from a crushed stone delivery to Gary, Indiana, foundered near Beaver Island in 1958. Others at the bottom of Lake Michigan include Lady Elgin, the Rouse Simmons (a.k.a. the Christmas Tree Ship), and the Alpena. Le Griffon, the first ship to sail the upper Great Lakes, was lost a …
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