West Shore of Lake Michigan Shipwreck List. The Milwaukee Carferry. The Milwaukee Carferry was built in 1903 as the “Manistique Marquette And Northern 1”.
She was 338 feet long and at that length one of the largest ships to end its career at the bottom of Lake Michigan. In 1908, while plowing her way through heavy ice at Manistique, Michigan, she broke in and damaged several hull plates. Wisconsin's Great Lakes Shipwrecks - Explore Shipwrecks. Diver finds three Lake Michigan shipwrecks.