Possible Griffin shipwreck studied

The Washington Post is among the many media outlets covering the exciting historical news developing off the Garden Peninsula; famed explorer Robert de La Salle's ship may have been found there.

Excerpt: Commercial fisherman Larry Barbeau’s comings and goings usually don’t create much of a stir in this wind-swept Lake Michigan outpost, but in the past few days, his phone jangles the minute he arrives home.

Barbeau’s 46-foot boat is the offshore nerve center for an expedition seeking the underwater grave of the Griffin, the first ship of European design to traverse the upper Great Lakes.

The entire story is online here.

Source: The Washington Post
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