Shipwreck reconstructions

The ships as they may have looked afloat, not as they lie. Each reconstruction is an interpretive 3D model informed by registered dimensions, the written record and period images where one survives, with documented and inferred details kept apart. They sit beside the depth maps of eight Great Lakes bays, where a marker at each reconstructed wreck opens a preview.

How far the checking has gone. 12 of these 70 reconstructions have been reviewed independently against outside sources, model and record together. The other 58 have had their catalogue entries, citations and illustrations checked, but not a full historical or geometry audit. Where the sources disagree — over a date, a length, a mast count — the vessel’s own page says so.