Submerged Cultural Resources Study Isle Royale National Park

This article is an assessment of the shipwrecks in Isle Royale National Park. The island is literally surrounded by an array of ship remains that represent many types and stages of development of maritimes steam technology from the 1970s to the mid-1900s. This assortment includes passenger/package freighters, bulk freighters, a side-wheeler, wood-hulled ships and steel behemoths more than 500 feet in length, one of which went down as recently as 1947.

本文针对皇家岛国家公园（Isle Royale National Park）内的沉船遗迹展开系统性评估。该岛屿周遭遍布成片的船舶残骸，完整覆盖了1970年代至20世纪中期海事蒸汽动力技术的多种类型与发展阶段。本次研究收录的残骸涵盖客货兼运件杂货货轮、散货运输船、侧明轮汽船、木壳船体船舶，以及长度逾500英尺的巨型钢制船舶，其中一艘的沉没时间晚至1947年。