When we look out our windows at the quiet beach on Lake Michigan, it is hard to imagine that in the 19th century there was constant high traffic volume on this same lake. Yet there are an estimated 8,000 ships resting on the floor of the Great Lakes.
130 Years After Sinking, Ship is Found on the Bottom of Lake Michigan (Gift Article)
The Margaret A. Muir schooner sank during a storm in 1893. Shipwreck hunters found it near the mouth of a popular Wisconsin harbor.
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