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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Maya Yang

‘It’s like a time capsule’: 19th-century shipwreck discovered in Lake Michigan

This July 2023 photo provided by State Historical Society of Wisconsin shows the schooner Trinidad's wheel.
This July 2023 photo provided by State Historical Society of Wisconsin shows the schooner Trinidad's wheel. Photograph: Tamara Thomsen/AP

A long-lost shipwreck dating back to the late 1800s has been discovered in Lake Michigan.

The Wisconsin Historical Society announced that the shipwreck hunters and historians Brendon Baillod and Bob Jaeck located the wreck of the schooner Trinidad in 270ft of water off Algoma, Wisconsin, earlier this year.

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