The wreck of a luxury steamer that sank in a Lake Michigan gale nearly 150 years ago has been discovered, searchers announced ...
A search team has discovered the wreck of a luxury steamer that sank in a Lake Michigan gale more than 150 years ago. The Lac ...
“It was a moment of real jubilation” Ehorn said in the news release. “We knew we had done it.” ...
The Lac La Belle was a 66 m steamship built in 1864 in Cleveland, Ohio, and quickly became one of the most popular vessels on Lake Michigan, operating routes between Cleveland and the upper lake.
The passenger steamer had vanished into the depths of Lake Michigan during a stormy night in October 1872, and nearly 150 years later, Paul Ehorn has discovered the ship with its hull upright and ...
Lac La Belle carried 53 passengers and crew when it encountered a fierce storm in mid-October 1872. Eight people died.
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“It was a moment of real jubilation,” said shipwreck hunter Paul Ehorn. “We knew we had done it” ...