While shipwrecks are often the primary focus of maritime heritage preservation in America’s Great Lakes national marine sanctuaries, a recent two-part maritime cultural landscape study of the 962-square-mile Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary reveals that shipwrecks only tell part of the story of human connections to the natural...
While shipwrecks are often the primary focus of maritime heritage preservation in America’s Great Lakes national marine sanctuaries, a recentof the 962-square-mile Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary reveals that shipwrecks only tell part of the story of human connections to the natural environment in this region.
“People have used these waters for over 10,000 years,” said Russ Green, superintendent of Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary. “Historic shipwrecks happen to be the most visible of the sanctuary’s archaeological features, but they represent just a fraction of its history and cultural significance. We hope this report can be a starting point to working in partnership with local Indigenous peoples in future cultural studies.
The Great Lakes are a vast natural highway extending over a thousand miles into the heart of North America, and have been integral to Indigenous peoples and American trade and commerce. These waters are not only known for their usefulness as trade routes and fishing grounds, but also are famously known for their treacherous conditions and the many shipwrecks that lie beneath the waves.
The newly-completed landscape assessment, however, reveals that beyond the shipwrecks, there are other significant tangible and intangible maritime heritage resources that hold stories from the past worth telling. The report highlights that there is a need to dig deeper into the history of the ports, harbors, shipyards, and lumber mills associated with the sanctuary, as well as the history of Indigenous fisheries and other uses that existed before European contact.
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