Beaches, beer, Great Lakes mysteries abound along Michigan Triangle

ST. JOSEPH Getting lost at Lake Michigan is nothing new.

This is a truth discovered by the crews and passengers of vessels that sailed the Great Lakes and disappeared, either without a trace or found years later as wrecks on the lake floor.

The 58 people aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 2501, missing since it started westward out over Lake Michigan in 1950 near South Haven, are among them.

Those who subscribe to fantastical explanations of matters where details are scarce call this area of numerous wrecks the Michigan Triangle. An imaginary border links Benton Harbor/St. Joseph, Ludington and Mantiwoc, Wis., creating an alleged area of mysterious happenings similar to the famous Bermuda Triangle.

The Atlas Obscura, an online resource of strange happenings all around the world, features an entry on the Lake Michigan Triangle. It mentions the 1921 incident of the Rosa Belle, a ship carrying members of the Benton Harbor religious group House of David, being discovered overturned with all the people missing.

The Travel Channels Mysteries at the Museum show highlighted the Michigan Triangle, even bringing UFO activity into the mix.

At South Havens Michigan Maritime Museum, the explanations are a little more reasonable.

Director of Education and Administration Eden Morris said there are about 8 to 10 shipwrecks near South Haven alone, and that people regularly search for evidence of more.

Still, people shouldnt worry about being swallowed into a wormhole to another dimension, abducted by aliens or anything else that defies description.

Many of the wrecks, Morris said, were caused by more mundane matters.

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Beaches, beer, Great Lakes mysteries abound along Michigan Triangle

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