Thunder Bay
National Marine Sanctuary
Multimedia Gallery

Dive among historic shipwrecks that hold the stories of the Great Lakes’ maritime past.

Northeast and Great Lakes Region

Mallows Bay-Potomac River Monitor Stellwagen Bank Thunder Bay

West Coast Region

Channel Islands Cordell Bank Greater Farallones Monterey Bay Olympic Coast

Pacific Islands Region

American Samoa Hawaii Humpback Whale Papahānaumokuākea

Southeast Region

Florida Keys Flower Garden Banks Gray's Reef
The bow of a shipwreck underwater

Ironton Discovery
waves crash against rocks on a rocky coast

Climate Change in your Sanctuaries
A rock covered by muscles

Invasive Mussels
Diver inspects a shipwreck

Wreck of Lucinda Van Valkenburg
Diver inspects a shipwreck

Wreck of Montana
A diver swimming nex to a shipwreck

Shipwreck W.G. Mason
A lighthouse surrounded by trees

The Lighthouses of Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Several people in a row boat

Visit Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Thunder Bay Film Festival 2018

Thunder Bay Film Festival 2018
diver swimming by a shipwreck

The Great Lakes Big Five Dive
whale swimming

Thunder Bay International Film Festival 2016
photo of a propeller from a shipwreck under water

Diving Thunder Bay
a pier extends over the water

Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary Cleanup
a diver examens a shipwreck in shallow water

Thunder Bay
Old photo of a ship

James Davidson
A diver swims near a shipwreck

Joseph S. Fay
a shipwreck rests on the seafloor

D.M. Wilson
Thunder Bay International Film Festival

Thunder Bay International Film Festival 2015
Hannah MacDonald

Hannah MacDonald
diver swimming

Steve Kroll
kids working on building an rov

The MATE ROV Competition
people sitting a log on the beach watching the sunset in olympic coast

A Teacher's Perspective
diver swims above the deck of a shipwreck

Shipwreck Alley
diver examining the wreck of paul palmer

American Union
a diver photographs the propeller of tugboat City of Alpena, a boat can been seen above the diver

City of Alpena
view of the stern of the defiance

Defiance - Stern
view of the bow of the defiance

Defiance - Bow
diver photographing the ishpeming from above

Ishpeming
two diver swimming over the deck of the jl shaw

John L. Shaw
two diver swimming over the deck of the jl shaw

John L. Shaw
schooner Kyle Spangler's two masts and deck equipment

Kyle Spangler
wreck of the l.m. mason, a buoy line is set near the wreck

L.M. Mason
two sampling instruments situated atop large purple bacterial mats

Life in a Freshwater Sinkhole
a diver swims over the remains of the steamer pewabic

Pewabic
diver photographing the wreck of the wh stevens

William H. Stevens
the remains of the w.p thew on the bottom of the lake

W.P. Thew
snorkeler swimming over the wreck of the wh stevens

William H. Rounds