The great lakes are loaded with shipwrecks.
There are more lighthouses on the great lakes than the Atlantic and Pacific coasts combined
Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry Fought the war of 1812 on Lake Erie from Presque isle
I’ve been out on Lake Michigan a few times, mostly close in tourist stuff but once went out of sight of land on a large private boat. The weather seems fairly unpredictable out there and that is some very cold water.
I’ve seen an old map entitled “Ghost Fleet Of The Outer Banks” published by National Geographic I believe back in the 60’s showing the identified, named wrecks at that time here in NC, but it’s not even close to the state database of over 5,000 known but mostly unidentified.