Margaret A. Muir

Margaret A. Muir was an American schooner that sank in a storm on Lake Michigan, United States, on September 30, 1893.

[1] On the morning of September 30, 1893, Margaret A. Muir was carrying 4,375 barrels of salt from Bay City, Michigan, to South Chicago, Illinois.

[2] On May 12, 2024, 131 years after it sank,[3] a group of maritime historians working with Wisconsin Underwater Archaeology Association discovered the wreck of Margaret A.

The ship's deck gear, including its handpumps, bow windlass, capstan and two large anchors, remain intact.

[2] Archaeology groups in Wisconsin plan to nominate the site of the wreck for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places.