Sanctuary
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The wreck of the coastal steamship Portland, known as the "Titanic of New England" rests on the seafloor of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. The ship sank during a major storm in 1898 with the loss of all 192 (estimated) aboard. The resting place of the Monitor, of Civil War fame, was the first site to be selected as a national marine sanctuary. It was designated in 1975. The Titanic sits on the abyssal plain of the North Atlantic Ocean in international waters. The Pewabic is a steamer that sank in Lake Huron and is now part of the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary.
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