“138-year-old shipwreck is discovered in Lake Michigan.”

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Maritime archaeologists confirmed the wreck was the long-lost Frank D. Barker. (Wisconsin Historical Society)
A Man Noticed a Strange Shape on Satellite Images. It Turned Out to Be a 138-Year-Old Shipwreck in Lake Michigan
While sailing through a heavy blanket of fog, the “Frank D. Barker” went off course and ran into a limestone outcropping in October 1887
Sarah Kuta
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