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Shipwrecks Found In Northern Lake Huron

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IPR News Features
Date: 
July 14, 2011
The M.F. Merrick in Lake Huron. Photo courtesy of NOAA.

By Linda Stephan

Two shipwrecks have been discovered in northern Lake Huron, according to leaders at Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

They say they've found and identified the M.F. Merrick. The 138-foot schooner collided with a steamer in dense fog in 1889. Today it rests upright on the bottom of Lake Huron.

A similar accident sank the 414-foot freighter Etruria in 1905.

A documentary film is due out in August.

Students from Saginaw took part in the discoveries. Find out more here.

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