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Diver Locates Wreck In Glen Lake

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IPR News Features
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October 12, 2012
Photo of the stack whistle on the Rescue in Glen Lake. Courtesy of Ross Richardson

By Peter Payette

A diver has located a shipwreck in Glen Lake that is almost a century old. The 30-foot steamboat, the Rescue, was used to ferry people around the lake. Its owner, Ralph Dorsey, sunk it in 1914. Nobody is sure why.

Ross Richardson says they used information from a police dive done a few years ago to find and film the wreck.

"The steam whistle is just in beautiful shape. I'm sure if you brought it to the surface it would work just fine."

Richardson will show footage of the boat at presentations Saturday afternoon at Empire Heritage Days.

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