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Siwsan

(27,133 posts)
Wed May 1, 2024, 11:55 AM May 2024

Wooden steamship lost 115 years ago found in Lake Superior

WHITEFISH POINT, Mich. (WJRT) - The wooden steamship Adella Shores vanished below the surface of Lake Superior with no distress calls and no survivors 115 years ago.

On the anniversary of its sinking, the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society announced it discovered the shipwreck 650 feet underwater and about 40 miles northwest of Whitefish Point in the Upper Peninsula.

The Adella Shores was a 195-foot wooden steamer built in 1894 for the Shores Lumber Company. The vessel, which was christened with a bottle of water rather than wine or champagne, sank twice in shallow water and got repaired.

https://www.abc12.com/news/state/wooden-steamship-lost-115-years-ago-found-in-lake-superior/article_59bf146e-07b2-11ef-a3df-0f2af3d5dd7b.html

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Wooden steamship lost 115 years ago found in Lake Superior (Original Post) Siwsan May 2024 OP
Wow... 2naSalit May 2024 #1
A wicked and beautiful lake, plus...no sharks MiHale May 2024 #2
I like the... 2naSalit May 2024 #4
The lake decided it was time to give it up... MiHale May 2024 #3
My family were Great Lakes shipbuilders. LisaM May 2024 #5

LisaM

(28,369 posts)
5. My family were Great Lakes shipbuilders.
Wed May 1, 2024, 12:57 PM
May 2024

The first thing I do when I see these stories is check out who built her!

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