The twenty-mile span of Lake Michigan between Little Point Sable at Silver Lake and Big Point Sable north of Ludington became known as the Graveyard of Ships after nearly seventy vessels went down there between the loss of the Neptune in 1848 and the Armistice, now Veterans', Day Storm of 1940. Gales and November snow storms made navigation in these waters perilous, and notable losses near Pentwater Harbor included the schooner Wright in 1854, the Minnie Corlett and the Souvenior in 1875, the Lamont in 1879, the tug Two Brothers in 1912, and the freighters William B. Davock, Anna C. Minch, and Novadoc on November 11, 1940. The storm of November 11, 1940, the most disastrous day in the history of Lake Michigan shipping, brought seventy-five-mile-per-hour winds and twenty-foot waves that destroyed three ships and claimed fifty-nine seamen; two freighters sank with all hands lost, the Novadoc ran aground with the loss of two crew members, bodies washed ashore throughout the day, heavy snow arrived by nightfall, and rescue efforts by the Coast Guard and local citizens continued for three days, while three Pentwater fishermen were later recognized by the local community and the Canadian government for rescuing seventeen sailors from the Novadoc.