{"id":3518,"slug":"great-storm-of-1913-lake-huron-michigan","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["The White Hurricane is the '13 — the November 9 that's the day, the 12 ships that sank. The 8 were the Huron — the lake that took the most, the 187 who died in 6 hours. The merging was the bomb — the two lows that phased, the 36-foot waves that were the record.","The ice was the killer — the freezing spray that coated, the navigation that was lost. The 'never found' are the 4 — the ships that are still missing, the Thunder Bay that's the sanctuary. The White Hurricane is the worst — the inland maritime that's the record, the 'freshwater fury' that's the name.","The file keeps the White Hurricane: the 1913 storm, the 12 ships, the 8 on Huron, and the ice.","The White Hurricane is the archive's Lake Huron file — the Great Lakes' worst."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["The White Hurricane is the archive's Lake Huron file — the deadliest storm.","A lake keeps its ships — the file's suggestion being that the storm's hold is the phasing: the two lows that merged, the 8 that sank in 6 hours, and the 4 that are missing."]}],"name":"Great Storm of 1913","aliases":[],"type":"SITE","type_label":"Site","cats":["DARK_HISTORY","LOCAL_FOLKLORE","LEGEND_SITE","MARITIME_DISASTER","WEATHER"],"groups":["dark-history","legends"],"desc":"November 7-10, 1913—the \"White Hurricane\" that killed 250.","full_desc":"Great Storm of 1913 is a site in Lake Huron, Michigan. November 7-10, 1913—the \"White Hurricane\" that killed 250. HauntHunt files it with maritime disasters, weather lore and dark history. The presence its accounts keep returning to is the one they call the 250. The dossier holds 2 reported claims, 1 legend, 1 documented fact and 1 named or described presence — documented record and retelling kept side by side. The site is open to visitors.","address":null,"city":"Lake Huron","county":null,"state":"Michigan","postal":null,"region":"Midwest","lat":44.329668,"lon":-85.208474,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"ACTIVE","access":"PUBLIC","access_notes":null,"ownership":null,"website":null,"phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":null,"current_use":"Historic site","research_notes":"SHIP batch; VERIFY task auto-queued.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":59.4,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.65,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":0.3999999999999999,"paranormal_claim_provenance":0.8,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0.7,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[{"id":3844,"type":"NAMED_GHOST_LEGEND","description":"The dead are reportedly seen. The lore gives it a name — The 250 — which is what turns a report into a resident. Great Storm of 1913 in Lake Huron, Michigan carries the report the way old places do — as part of its identity. The account has a collector's pedigree — written down as legend, which is the most honest status it can hold. 'Great Storm 1913' carries the account. The name gives the haunting a face, and the sightings give the name a job.","evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","evidence_label":"Documented legend","entity":"The 250","where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Great Storm 1913","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes_Storm_of_1913","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]},{"id":3845,"type":"APPARITION","description":"Reported a presence on the lakes. Great Storm of 1913 in Lake Huron, Michigan carries the report the way old places do — as part of its identity. Witness accounts, no evidence file: the claim is anecdotal and stays that way. Whatever walks there, it walks often enough to keep the reports coming. The report keeps its place in the record.","evidence":"ANECDOTAL","evidence_label":"Anecdotal","entity":null,"where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Great Storm 1913","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes_Storm_of_1913","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"The November 1913 storm is documented. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. This belongs to the verified spine of the entry, the layer everything else is measured against. Sources including 'Great Storm 1913' carry the record. It anchors the timeline the rest of the file hangs from.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":"1913","date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Great Storm 1913","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes_Storm_of_1913","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"The dead are reportedly seen. The site in Lake Huron, Michigan gives the account a documented setting: real place, real history, unresolved reports. The story is documented as legend — recorded and retold, never verified as fact. The story outranks the documentation, which is how you know it's folklore.","earliest":null,"evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","source":{"name":"Great Storm 1913","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes_Storm_of_1913","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"entities":[{"name":"The 250","claimed_identity":"The 250","verified":null,"summary":"The dead are reportedly seen. The 250 is what the reports name it. Great Storm of 1913's file is thin on proof and long on persistence — the standard profile of American place-lore. The report is preserved in sources like 'Great Storm 1913'. The file keeps The 250 on the roster; the sightings keep the name alive.","behavior":"The dead are reportedly seen.","area":null,"first_ref":null,"source":{"name":"Great Storm 1913","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes_Storm_of_1913","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Site access varies; verify before visiting.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-18 11:32:55","source":{"name":"HauntHunt generic access guidance","url":"https://haunthunt.com/about#access-guidance","publisher":"HauntHunt editorial","type":"DIRECTORY","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"Great Storm 1913","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes_Storm_of_1913","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":2,"history":1,"legends":1,"entities":1,"sources":1}}