NIAGARA Shipwreck Site

Address Restricted, Knife River, Minnesota. County/parish: Lake.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 14, 1994. NRIS 94000344.

Part of Minnesota's Lake Superior Shipwrecks MPS (NRIS 64500286).

1 contributing site.

Also known as:

• Shipwreck of Rafting Tug Niagara

From Wikipedia:

Niagara (tug)

The Niagara was a large wooden tugboat that sank on June 4, 1904, on Lake Superior near the town of Duluth, Lake County, Minnesota, after having run aground near Knife River. On April 14, 1994, the wreck of the Niagara was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

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