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Group finds remains of ship that sank 103 years ago in Lake Superior

Shipwreck of 294-foot S.R. Kirby found last year

The Kirby sank near Eagle Harbor in May 1916. (WDIV)

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society has discovered the remains of a ship that sank 103 years ago in Lake Superior off Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

The society announced this month that it found the wreck of the 294-foot S.R. Kirby near the Keweenaw Peninsula last year.

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The group says the Kirby sank near Eagle Harbor in May 1916. Of 22 men on board, only two and the captain's dog survived.


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