'Expedition Unknown': 1879 shipwreck mistakenly found in Lake Superior
The long-missing tugboat, the Satellite, that sank June 21, 1879, wasn't the ship they were looking for, but finding it was satisfying nonetheless.
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The long-missing tugboat, the Satellite, that sank June 21, 1879, wasn't the ship they were looking for, but finding it was satisfying nonetheless.
Researchers and a television crew were looking for two naval ships lost in Lake Superior a century ago. Instead, they found a tugboat that mysteriously sank in 1879.
In September, a Discovery Channel film crew traveled to Paradise, Mich., searching for two French naval ships that disappeared in 1918. But on a voyage to find them, they stumbled upon another shipwreck that was four decades older.
If you plan to visit Sault Ste Marie in these upcoming months, you could see and hear major explosions being undertaken.
Andrew Meyer, director of religious education at St. John’s Catholic Church in Wahpeton, has been building ship models for most of his life.