During a routine beach outing on the Amnicon River mouth, Hannah Damon, director of outreach at Camp Amnicon, spotted the 70‑foot‑long A.H. Pitz tugboat wreck beneath Lake Superior for the first time after 10‑11 years of visits.
The vessel, built in 1923 for the McMullen and Pitz Construction Company, had been abandoned in 1951 and deliberately sunk to stabilise a sandbar along the shoreline.
Lake Superior's clay plain usually mutes visibility, but a rare combination of calm breeze and exceptionally clear water allowed the wreck's wooden beams, cables and large pipe to emerge on the lakebed.
She snapped a video from the shore, and her nine‑year‑old son, eyes wide, watched the hull rise from the water.
She posted the footage online, and the post sparked comments from locals who recalled earlier sightings, reigniting interest in the 1951‑sunk vessel.