The Great Lakes have more shipwrecks per square mile than any other body of water in the world — estimated at more than 8,000. ⚓ Of those, 2,000 occurred on Lake Erie, which, as the shallowest and southernmost of the Great Lakes, can be particularly susceptible, says Carrie Sowden, archaeological and research director for the National Museum of the Great Lakes in Toledo. “We’re closer to the jet stream, so we get greater shifts in weather because we’re so far south,” says Sowden. 📌 Read more about Lake Erie's shipwrecks, and the folks who study them, at the link in bio. ✒️ Vince Guerrieri 📷 Courtesy National Museum of the Great Lakes #cleveland #clehistory #cle #shipwrecks #clevelandshipwrecks #lakeerieshipwrecks #lakeerie #greatlakes nmgltoledo