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.
Texanita?
Dear JIm,Do you know of an estimate of the approximate number of lives lost in shipwrecks on Lake Ontario? Just curious susan P G
The grounded wreck at Vineland, Ontario. I've always been curious about the details. Well photographed but no information on-line???
How deep are the waters off the coast of Savannah, Georgia?
Do you have any information about a Great Lakes shipbuilder and Capt. named George S. Weeks sometimes called G S Weeks?
I need co ordinates for wrecks of cape agulhas (southernmost point of Africa) Can anyone assist?
Where is the wreck of the ship lathley rich. built 1868 main sold anantwerp 1878?
Unknown wreck inside Sodus Bay, NY?
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.