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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Todd Richmond

Searchers discover shipwreck of schooner that sank in Lake Michigan almost 140 years ago

Lake Michigan Shipwreck - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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 researcher Brandon Baillod found the wreck of the F.J. King. Baillod said in an email to The Associated Press that the wreckage was discovered on June 28.

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