Foofoogal
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081213/ap_on_re_us/schooner_discoveredFor all the treasure hunters in our group. lol
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081213/ap_on_re_us/schooner_discoveredFor all the treasure hunters in our group. lol
Imahomer
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Foofoogal said:
For all the treasure hunters in our group. lol
You aren't going to find too much treasure on a ship that has been already stripped.
I'd love to visit and dive some of these Great Lakes shipwrecks - I've only ever dived ocean shipwrecks, and I understand that the Great Lakes experience, particularly due to the state of preservation of some of the wrecks, is quite different.
Mystery wrecks are interesting, even if they have been stripped. We have one off the next beach along the coast from where I live. It seems to be a barge with the remains of a fibreglass yacht, but no one is quite sure what the story is behind how it wound up where it is. The wreck in the link above is of a much more intriguing type!
Mystery wrecks are interesting, even if they have been stripped. We have one off the next beach along the coast from where I live. It seems to be a barge with the remains of a fibreglass yacht, but no one is quite sure what the story is behind how it wound up where it is. The wreck in the link above is of a much more intriguing type!
dhermann1
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There area many many shipwrecks in the Great Lakes. For their size, they are amazingly treacherous bodies of water. There have been several excellent documentaries on Great lakes shipwrecks, including the famous Edmund Fitzgerald. Supposedly there is a treasure of gold bullion sitting at the bottom of the Dunkirk, NY harbor, that because of treacherous currents is inaccessible.
The Great Lakes steamers represented a fascinating era in maritime history, also. With the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway in 1959, they all became obsolete. There are only a few rotting hulks left, and the last Great Lakes passenger steamer, the Canadaway, dissolved about 15 years ago.
The Great Lakes steamers represented a fascinating era in maritime history, also. With the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway in 1959, they all became obsolete. There are only a few rotting hulks left, and the last Great Lakes passenger steamer, the Canadaway, dissolved about 15 years ago.
