Underwater explorers research possible oldest wreck in Lake Erie
Updated Aug 29; Posted Aug 29
New wreck discovered in Lake Erie
By Zachary Lewis, The Plain Dealer
MARBLEHEAD, Ohio - Lake Erie has no sea monsters, but it may house a Lake Serpent.
The Lake Serpent, that is. After weeks of underwater excavation, a team of researchers and volunteers is inching closer to ruling on whether a wreck recently found near Kelley's Island is in fact the Lake Serpent, a ship known to have sunk in 1829.
If it is the Serpent, as suspected, the site would be the oldest known shipwreck in Lake Erie, a likely candidate for the National Register of Historic Places, and another significant feather in the cap of diver Tom Kowalczk and the Cleveland Underwater Explorers, the nonprofit group that discovered the wreck in 2015, during a scan of the area.
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