WHITEFISH POINT, Mich. — Explorers have found the wreckage of a schooner-barge that sank in a Lake Superior gale more than 130 years ago.
The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society announced the discovery of the Atlanta in 650 feet of water some 35 miles off Deer Park, an unincorporated community in Luce County.
The 172-foot-long Atlanta was under tow with a load of coal on May 4, 1891, when it was ensnared in a northwest gale. The gale snapped the line connecting the Atlanta to the steamer Wilhelm and, with no sails, the boat was quickly in peril.
