Lake Superior Lighthouse Vintage Travel Poster- Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum Art Print
Lake Superior, the largest of the Great Lakes of North America, is also the world's largest freshwater lake by surface area, and the third largest freshwater lake by volume. The lake is shared by the Canadian province of Ontario to the north, the U.S. state of Minnesota to the west, and Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to the south. The Ojibwe name for the lake is gichi-gami (pronounced as gitchi-gami and kitchi-gami in other dialects), meaning "great sea."
The Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum is located at the Whitefish Point Light Station. The southern shore of Lake Superior between Grand Marais, Michigan, and Whitefish Point is known as the "Graveyard of the Great Lakes" and more ships have been lost around the Whitefish Point area than any other part of Lake Superior. These shipwrecks are now protected by the Whitefish Point Underwater Preserve. SS Edmund Fitzgerald was the latest major shipwreck on Lake Superior, sinking 15 nautical miles from Whitefish Point in a storm on November 10, 1975. The wreck was immortalized by Gordon Lightfoot in his ballad "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald".
Original artwork by Catherine LaPointe Vollmer. Designed and printed in New York State. Listing is for print only, mat and frame are not included unless you choose the framed option- framed in a handmade-in-USA black frame, with plexi glazing- styles may vary. 11x17" posters printed on heavy linen paper for a vintage textured feel. 24x36" posters printed on semi-glossy poster paper, and will take additional time to print. Colors may vary due to monitor settings.
