Cloudy At Whitefish Bay
by Jennifer White
Title
Cloudy At Whitefish Bay
Artist
Jennifer White
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A photo of Lake Superior from Whitefish Point in Michigan. The mountains across the water are located in Canada. Whitefish Point is located at the extreme southeastern end of Lake Superior. It is a critical turning point for all vessel traffic entering and leaving this largest of all the Great Lakes. The Whitefish Point Light Station was established by Congress in 1849; since then, a life-saving beacon has illuminated these dangerous waters for mariners continuously. Today, the Whitefish Point Light is the oldest operating lighthouse on Lake Superior. Whitefish Point is on the Lake Superior coastline known as the “Graveyard of the Great Lakes”. The numerous shipwrecks of Whitefish Bay—including:
Comet
John B. Cowle
Drake
Samuel Mather
Miztec
Myron
Niagara
John M. Osborn
Sagamore
Superior City
Vienna
—are protected for future generations of sports divers by the Whitefish Point Underwater Preserve.
The site is a venue for remembrance of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald, and extending back to the loss in 1816 of "the very first ship known to sail on Superior, the sixty-foot trading vessel Invincible," which upended in gale force winds and towering waves near there. "Every loss was tragic."
This photo was taken by Jennifer White with Timeless Moments Photography. All images are copyrighted © Timeless Moments Photography/Jennifer White
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October 12th, 2017
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