Lacombe Corn Maze (Lacombe), Alberta

This is the only museum dedicated to shipwrecks on the Great Lakes. The maritime legends come to life throughout the museum. Artifacts and exhibits tell stories of sailors and ships who braved the waters of Superior and those who were lost to its menacing waves.

In the main museum, each display represents a different shipwreck. You can also see a drawing or photograph of the vessel and artifacts that divers have collected, and read the story of its fatal voyage.

The Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum was opened in 1986 by the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society, a group of divers researching the wrecks. The ships, here, range from sailing schooners of the early 1800s to the Edmund Fitzgerald- the latest and largest shipwreck- which continues to fascinate visitors. The bell of the Fitzgerald was recovered from the wreck in 1995 and is displayed at the museum in an updated memorial. A Second Order Fresnel lens from White Shoals is also on display.