Perfectly Preserved Shipwreck Found in Lake Superior
A team has found the The J.S. Seaverns which sank in Michipicoten harbor in 1884 with its hull intact and dishes still on the shelves
By Jason Daley
smithsonian.com
November 11, 2016
One night in May, 1884, crewmen aboard the 130-foot cargo ship J.S. Seaverns unloaded food and supplies in the tiny port of Michipicoten on the northeast coast of Lake Superior, including supplies for the Canadian Pacific Railway. By all accounts, reports Andrew Krueger of Forum News Service, it was a clear night. But soon after the ship shoved away from dock, they had a problem. James Campbell, one of the people aboard the ship, reported later that “in backing out we struck a rock, putting a hole in her.”
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