A father-daughter duo from Peshtigon, Wisconsin, discovered a 152-year-old historic shipwreck on a recent fishing trip with her father.<\/p>\n
Four-year-old Henley Wollack and her father, Tim, were his boat in Lake Michigan on 13 August, 2023.<\/p>\n
Using their FishFinder device, something caught the pair\u2019s eye that they quickly shrugged off.<\/p>\n
READ MORE! World\u2019s most expensive hotel room costs more than a BMW SUV per night, but for good reason<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n However it turned out to be something that had remained hidden in the depths for 152 years.<\/p>\n And it\u2019s not the only discovery made in the depths this year with $20 billion discovered aboard one sunken vessel<\/a> and an 8,000-yer-old relic<\/a> found in Naples that changed views on Neolithic history.<\/p>\n Not enough? This Ancient Chinese city<\/a> was found perfectly preserved at the bottom of a lake.<\/p>\n Back to this summer and Henley had asked her dad to go swimming and play with rocks and sea glass off the southeast shore of Lake Michigan\u2019s Green Island.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, her father, Tim, had plans to use their day on the water to get some fishing done.<\/p>\n <\/a>Facebook\/Tim Wollack<\/p>\n The duo met in the middle, agreeing to go to Henley\u2019s favorite spot and go \u2018real slow\u2019 along the route to look for fish.<\/p>\n As they entered shallow waters that are barely ten feet deep, Tim realised it was an area where hundreds of vessels had been lost over the years.<\/p>\n So a strange shape on the sonar didn\u2019t immediately pique his interest.<\/p>\n Tim\u2019s boat is equipped with FishFinder.<\/p>\n The sonar device sends waves to the bottom of the sea and converts reflected waves into imagery.<\/p>\n <\/a>Facebook\/Wisconsin Historical Society <\/p>\n On seeing the screen, Tim immediately realised this was a unique find.<\/p>\n Henley, meanwhile, thought she\u2019d spotted an octopus.<\/p>\n Turning back in an attempt to see it again, Tim realized he could see the hull of a shipwreck.<\/p>\n He took some pictures of the shipwreck to share with his friends.<\/p>\n He later posted them to the Forgotten Wisconsin page on Facebook.<\/p>\n <\/a>Wisconsin Historical Society <\/p>\n He believed it could be the wreckage of a ship called Erie L. Hackley \u2013 however within an hour he discovered he was wrong.<\/p>\n Members of the\u00a0Wisconsin Historical Society<\/a>\u00a0reached out to Tim and confirmed that the Erie L. Hackley was actually sunk elsewhere.<\/p>\n However, earlier this month, a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) was deployed to investigate.<\/p>\n And what it imaged hadn\u2019t been seen by human eyes for over one and a half centuries. <\/p>\n It was the wreckage of a three-masted sailing ship. <\/p>\n <\/a>Unsplash<\/p>\n While it wasn\u2019t as useful as this abandoned shipwreck, which was converted into a middle-of-the-ocean gaming lounge<\/a> \u2013 it did have historical significance.<\/p>\n Taking the data and location into consideration, researchers believe it belongs to a ship called George L. Newman.<\/p>\n The historic shipwreck, measuring 122 feet (37 m) long and 26.3 feet (eight meters) wide, was built in 1855 by Benjamin Flint.<\/p>\n On the night of 8 October, 1871, the ship was sailing through the area hauling lumber.<\/p>\n As fate would have it, that was the same evening as the Peshtigo Fire \u2013 the\u00a0deadliest fire\u00a0in the history of the US.<\/p>\n <\/a>Wikimedia Commons\/Peshtigo Fire museum<\/p>\n It\u2019s thought brush fire started by railroad workers in the area grew into an inferno that scorched 1.5 million acres of land and claimed 1,200 lives.<\/p>\n The thick smoke from the fire forced the lighthouse keeper to keep the lights on even during the day.<\/p>\n However, after becoming enveloped in thick smoke, the George L. Newman ran aground.<\/p>\n The lighthouse keeper was able to rescue the crew, who stayed at the lighthouse for a week.<\/p>\n Although they salvaged what they could from the wrecked vessel, years later it was covered with sand.<\/p>\n It was never identified as a shipwreck until Henley and Tim spotted it this summer.<\/p>\n The post 4-year-old girl and her father make historic discovery finding never-before-seen shipwreck while fishing<\/a> appeared first on Supercar Blondie<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A father-daughter duo from Peshtigon, Wisconsin, discovered a 152-year-old historic shipwreck on a recent fishing trip with her father. Four-year-old Henley Wollack and her father, Tim, were his boat in Lake Michigan on 13 August, 2023. Using their FishFinder device, something caught the pair\u2019s eye that they quickly shrugged off. READ MORE! 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