Pirates in Minnesota
Seeing the Tall Ships sail down Lake Superior to arrive in Duluth, MN can inspire classic thoughts of swashbuckling pirates with a ship full of gold in many people. But, pirates in Minnesota? Not as far-fetched as you might believe.
The pirates of the Great Lakes plundered the coasts of Lake Michigan and Lake Superior in the 19th and 20th centuries. But their treasure wasn’t gold. They stole the trees. Demand for timber was skyrocketing due to the rate of depletion of the forests of the East Coast. The chance at fortune drew the stereotypical “pirate” figure – the drunken, unemployed and unemployable sailor – but instead of the High Seas, they pillaged the forests of the Great Lakes.
N 46° Huron Superior . (Michigan-Ontario+Huron) (Michigan-Superior) Erie
W 093° (Ontario-Huron) (Ontario+Erie-Huron) . Erie (Huron+Erie-Ontario) (Superior-Huron)
Information taken from “Great Lakes Piracy: Pirates Thrived on the Great Lakes Long after Their Golden Age” by Trent Sandusky
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