Ironton, ship that sunk in 1894 in Lake Huron's Thunder Bay, finally found
Searchers have found the wreck of the freight schooner that plunged to the lake’s bottom in 1894 after colliding with another vessel in rough seas, killing five crewmen.
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Searchers have found the wreck of the freight schooner that plunged to the lake’s bottom in 1894 after colliding with another vessel in rough seas, killing five crewmen.
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A public-private research team has located an exceptional and rare find on the bottom of Lake Huron: the wreck of a 190-foot sailing vessel with all t...
The 191-foot cargo vessel collided with a grain hauler on a blustery night in September 1894, sinking both.
Even for the Thunder Bay area, a perilous swath of northern Lake Huron off the Michigan coast that has devoured many a ship, the Ironton's fate seems particularly cruel.