- May 20, 2004
- 1,721
- 151
- Detector(s) used
- Minelab Excal 1000
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Associated Press
DULUTH, Minn. -- The shipwreck spotted Sunday by anglers walking across clear ice on Lake Superior remains a mystery.
Scuba diver Yan Saillard on Thursday explored the wreck, which sits in about 10 feet of water, 150 feet from the Duluth shore.
"It looks like a tugboat, about 50 to 60 feet long, with a 3- to 4-foot diameter propeller," Saillard said, adding that he didn't see any markings that would help identify the former craft.
Steven Sola, a fisherman among the group that made the find, thought the wreck was the City of Winnipeg, a wooden passenger ship that was intentionally sunk in 1898 after it was damaged by a fire. The Winnipeg's hull has never been located.
But Thom Holden, director of the Lake Superior Maritime Visitors Center, believes the boat is not long enough to be the Winnipeg.
Lacking a proper name, ship buffs have dubbed the find "Sophie's Wreck," after the 4-year-old daughter of one of the discoverers.
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DULUTH, Minn. -- The shipwreck spotted Sunday by anglers walking across clear ice on Lake Superior remains a mystery.
Scuba diver Yan Saillard on Thursday explored the wreck, which sits in about 10 feet of water, 150 feet from the Duluth shore.
"It looks like a tugboat, about 50 to 60 feet long, with a 3- to 4-foot diameter propeller," Saillard said, adding that he didn't see any markings that would help identify the former craft.
Steven Sola, a fisherman among the group that made the find, thought the wreck was the City of Winnipeg, a wooden passenger ship that was intentionally sunk in 1898 after it was damaged by a fire. The Winnipeg's hull has never been located.
But Thom Holden, director of the Lake Superior Maritime Visitors Center, believes the boat is not long enough to be the Winnipeg.
Lacking a proper name, ship buffs have dubbed the find "Sophie's Wreck," after the 4-year-old daughter of one of the discoverers.
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