Shipwrecks on Dog Island in 1899 discovered by Hurricane Michael

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These are well-documented wrecks, according to the Florida State Department. Since state resources are allocated to more urgent recovery efforts following a hurricane, state archaeologists do not plan to visit the site.

"They have been stationary for the most part since 1899, when they were destroyed by a hurricane," DOS spokeswoman Sarah Revell wrote. "From time to time, some parts of the site have been exposed."

The 1899 Hurricane passed through the Florida Keys to the Gulf of Mexico, where it strengthened to become what would now be described as a Category 2 storm. He ransacked Lanark and St. Teresa Beach. In Carrabelle, there were only nine houses standing and killed a woman who was crushed by a house.