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The ship had been buried in the sand at the bottom of the lake for decades before storms this winter apparently revealed it.
The St. Anthony was nearly 200 years old, crashing the same year it was initially built. An 8-year-old boy out ...
The J.C. Ames had a storied history on the Great Lakes until 1923. Now, it's the first confirmed shipwreck discovery so far ...
Beneath the tranquil surface of Grand Traverse Bay lies a secret far older than any shipwreck. Long known for calm waters and ...
Within the fog, the fisherman discovered the shipwreck that Wisconsin officials said “stretches into the extraordinary.” ...
Early spring on the Great Lakes has historically seen a few major deadly disasters as shipping season kicks off. But the ...
During a family trip to Point Farms Provincial Park north of Goderich, Ont., in 2023, Lucas Atchison was using a metal detector he got for his birthday when he found something big and old.
The J.C. Ames, a 160-foot tugboat, was discovered by a Wisconsin angler near Manitowoc. The tug, built in 1881, had a long career in the lumber and pulpwood trades before being scrapped in 1923.
Archeologists believe the boy may have found the remains of the St. Anthony, a schooner that crashed in 1856.