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Today, the lake is in a good mood, but according to Wikipedia, an estimated 6000 ships and 30,000 lives have been lost in maritime disasters on the great lakes. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_the_Great_Lakes) The wreck of the Niagra, a wooden hulled side wheel freight and passenger steamer, lies about a mile off this beach in 55 feet (17 meters) of water, where she sank after catching fire on September 24, 1856. Approximately 60 of 300 passengers on board were lost. (http://www.wisconsinshipwrecks.org/vessel/Details/455)
This is the Lake Michigan shore in southern Wisconsin (USA) at the beginning of September. Lake Michigan is one of the 5 interconnected great lakes of North America. Together, they form the largest body of fresh water on Earth, containing 21% of the world's surface fresh water by volume. For more information, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes
Here's one last nice warm shot of the Lake Michigan shore at Harrington Beach State Park, near Belgium, Wisconsin (USA). For now, the water temperature is in the mid 60s F (19 C), the sun is shining, and the birds are chirping. The well known gales of November, sadly, are just around the corner though. "The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee. The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead When the skies of November turn gloomy." — Gordon Lightfoot Learn the whole story: http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2015/11/09/edmund-fitzgerald-wreck-gordon-lightfoot-witch-of-november/75453176/
