LaSalle's Griffon has not been found. Over the years there have been 22 claims of the discovery of the Griffon. There is an excellent book written by Cris Kohl on the Griffon and the various discovery claims. See: http://www.shipwreckworld.com/articles/the-wreck-o... We believe that the Griffon most likely totally wrecked in Lake Michigan and the question is where and still to be determined.
2014 marks the 100th anniverary of the sinking of The Empress of Ireland. Mr Ian Kinder (author) has published a great coffee table book.?
How did captain John Lowes die?
USS Arctic wreck in 1854? Location of wreck? Result of collision with French ship?
Was the Edmund Fitzgerald the last Great Lakes shipwreck to take lives? If not, what was?
I need to know of all ship wrecks in lake huron mich off of caseville mi that burned with hand made nail steel rods all wood
We found a large piece of board with looks to be old nails, they are square at the tips to the head of the nail. We found it in Lake Huron
who was the captain of the ship or is this known yet?
Are you interested in adding the Hartford to your site?
The National Museum of the Great Lakes is excited to announce the release of a new book titled Shipwrecks of Lake Ontario: A Journey of Discovery. This book contains stories of long lost shipwrecks and the journeys of the underwater explorers who found them, written by Jim Kennard with paintings by Roland Stevens and underwater imagery by Roger Pawlowski.
The recent discovery of the wreck of the British warship Ontario, “the Holy Grail” of Great Lakes shipwrecks, solves several mysteries that have puzzled historians since the ship sank more than two centuries ago. Now, for the first time, the whole tragic story of the Ontario can finally be told.