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Searchers discover shipwreck of schooner that sank in Lake Michigan almost 140 years ago
The F.J. King sank in a severe gale with 8 to 10-foot waves, rupturing its wooden seams; citizen scientists joined the discovery, marking a milestone in Wisconsin's maritime archaeology.
- Citizen scientists and historians found the F.J. King shipwreck on June 28, ending a 139-year search.
- Brendon Baillod led the team in locating the three-masted schooner, which sank during a gale in September 1886 while carrying iron ore from Escanaba to Chicago.
- The Wisconsin Historical Society plans to nominate the site for the National Register of Historic Places.
- Baillod remarked that the hull is remarkably intact, despite expectations that it would be broken apart by the weight of iron ore.
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139-Year-Old Shipwreck Found in Lake Michigan
After decades of scouring the bottom of Lake Michigan, searchers have finally found the wreckage of a cargo schooner that sank during a ferocious storm almost 140 years ago off the Wisconsin coastline. The Wisconsin Historical Society and the Wisconsin Underwater Archeology Association announced Monday that a team led by...
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Searchers found the wreckage of the F.J. King cargo schooner that sank during a ferocious storm almost 140 years ago off the Wisconsin coastline.
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