Mystery of a 144-Foot Schooner Lost Since 1886 Uncovered Beneath Lake Michigan’s Depths
Working off this assumption, Baillod and the team mapped a two-square-mile grid around the keeper’s account, and within that zone, they finally located this storied wreck. As it turned out, it was found less than half a mile from where Sanderson described.
“The hull is remarkably intact,” Baillod said. “We expected her to be in pieces due to the weight of the iron ore cargo, but her hull looks to be in one piece.”
Wisconsin Historical SocietyA closeup of the ship’s shockingly intact hull.
The discovery has been reported to the Wisconsin Historical Society’s Maritime Archaeology program, whose staff have already begun documenting the wreck and creating a 3D photogrammetry model. Plans are underway to nominate the site for inclusion in the State and National Register of Historic Places, after which its location will be made public.
This is the fifth significant shipwreck found by the WUAA and Baillod in the past three years, joining discoveries such as the schooner Trinidad and the Margaret A. Muir, both of which are already listed on the National Register, as well as the John Evenson.
“Finding an historic shipwreck brings with it a great responsibility,” said Baillod. “People may not think twice about taking an artifact from an anonymous old shipwreck, but once the vessel has a name, a story and links to the community, it becomes a part of the community’s history.”
After reading about this new discovery, read the stories behind nine of history’s most famous shipwrecks. Then, see 10 astonishing sunken ships from around the world.
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