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Wooden steamship that ‘went missing’ 112 years ago found at bottom of Lake Superior
Read full article: Wooden steamship that ‘went missing’ 112 years ago found at bottom of Lake SuperiorA wooden steamship that went missing 112 years ago with 14 people presumed dead was found at the bottom of Lake Superior.
Toys, silverware from 1800s? Great Lakes shipwreck explorer takes us back to the past
Read full article: Toys, silverware from 1800s? Great Lakes shipwreck explorer takes us back to the pastThe objects are from a shipwreck located in Lake Michigan that represent a link to life back sometime in the 1800s.
Shipwreck discovered in Lake Superior 153 years after it sank for the third and final time
Read full article: Shipwreck discovered in Lake Superior 153 years after it sank for the third and final timeA shipwreck was discovered in Lake Superior 153 years after the 144-foot Barquentine Nucleus sank for the third and final time.
How a signature item at the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum brought closure to families of the Edmund Fitzgerald victims
Read full article: How a signature item at the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum brought closure to families of the Edmund Fitzgerald victimsMuch of the history regarding the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald surrounds what was lost, but there is an important item that was found -- and it’s now on full display.
Shifting sand, water again reveal Michigan shipwreck from 1880s
Read full article: Shifting sand, water again reveal Michigan shipwreck from 1880sWHITEHALL, Mich. – A change in Lake Michigan water levels has revealed a shipwreck from the 1880s that is visible in western Michigan for the first time since 2018. Experts believe it’s the wooden spine of the Contest, said Craig Rich, director of the Michigan Shipwreck Research Association. The wreckage is along the shore in Muskegon County, near where the White Lake channel meets Lake Michigan. In 2018, major parts were seen for the first time since 1974, a result of changes in lake current, water levels and sand. “Things get covered and uncovered all the time.”There was speculation in 2018 that the shipwreck was another schooner, the LC Woodruff.