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1830 single mast sloop found in Lake MI near South Haven!! - 4/1/2011 8:33:19 AM    woodswalker   Posts: 1048 Joined: 4/13/2010 From: South Haven, Michigan Status: offline http://news.discovery.com/history/shipwreck-lake-michigan-110331.html A single mast sloop was found in Lake Michigan while they were looking for a plane that crashed in 1950 killing 58 people. This ship is sitting in upright position in about 250 feet of water and they looks to be in really good condition.... I would love to be a part of that reasearch team!! Very amazing story and even more cool when it hits so close to home!!! I hope that there are some artifacts down there and that they can identify the ship...otherwise its just another mystery wreck....with all the rough waters we have had I expect there to be quite a few goodies on the beach...if the wind and cold ever breaks!!! Enjoy the link all it of course made front page news here :) _____________________________ Always enjoy nature to the fullest....what more could we want...birds singing and fresh air....AND Lots of neat stuff to always be found...One mans junk may be someone elses treasure :) Post #: 1

RE: 1830 single mast sloop found in Lake MI near South ... - 4/1/2011 11:05:46 AM    Dansalata Posts: 1316 Joined: 10/18/2005 Status: offline that is cool, as i would love to reasearch that one too.. neat article _____________________________ DANSALATA (in reply to woodswalker) Post #: 2

RE: 1830 single mast sloop found in Lake MI near South ... - 4/1/2011 11:15:54 AM    RedGinger Posts: 6727 Joined: 12/7/2007 Status: offline Cool, woner what they will find?  Is the Lake still frozen?  _____________________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyVTdY2BI3g (in reply to woodswalker) Post #: 3

RE: 1830 single mast sloop found in Lake MI near South ... - 4/1/2011 12:56:53 PM    woodswalker   Posts: 1048 Joined: 4/13/2010 From: South Haven, Michigan Status: offline Yes that would be so exciting to be part of...and I can't wait to see what they find. I'm hoping at least some of what they find will be put in the local Museum.... And Lauren....All the ice is completely melted from the harbor and gone from the lake.....Which never actually freezes. You can stand ath the top of the bluff in the winter and see where the ice stops some hundreds of yards past the peirs usually....but if you look closely at the "frozen" parts that are shaped like waves you can see that they are constantly moving with the lake....and whats even more crazy is that people actually walk out there....this past winter a group of kids..20 somethings who know it all walked out and the burgs broke apart...a few made it back to the peir but rescue units had to be called and the others were rescued. They were very lucky. Many people swim in the summer near the peir and do not realize that it has hollow sections undeneath and very huge slabs of rock or parts of the old peir are under there, in a strong curent they can get sucked right in and most times are never found. I used to live a block from the bluff and would always hear the helicopter and when you see the red ones...thats never a good sign. Of course you know the peir say NO JUMPING and that the structue may not be safe...many young tourists loose their lives here every year...I think I may have some pictures of the ice on the lake on my FB page...I'll see if I can find it and post it :) _____________________________ Always enjoy nature to the fullest....what more could we want...birds singing and fresh air....AND Lots of neat stuff to always be found...One mans junk may be someone elses treasure :) (in reply to RedGinger) Post #: 4

RE: 1830 single mast sloop found in Lake MI near South ... - 4/1/2011 6:00:33 PM    JOETHECROW Posts: 9789 Joined: 9/3/2005 From: Northwestern Pa. (Near scenic Lake Perfidy) Status: offline I'd like to see the pics of the waves frozen..sounds interesting. _____________________________ Joe ``````````````````````````````````` In the woods we return to reason and faith. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooTyuRd9zSg&feature=related (in reply to woodswalker) Post #: 5

RE: 1830 single mast sloop found in Lake MI near South ... - 4/1/2011 6:54:46 PM    RedGinger Posts: 6727 Joined: 12/7/2007 Status: offline Can you scuba or snorkel there??  We're near Lake Erie, as I have said before.  In warm weather, it looks like any beach. It's a relaxing, great place.  Not sure if it's clean enough to swim in, but I saw others do it.  So, I am planning on getting there somehow for a beach day, this summer!  In the winter, it is very weird.  It freezes completely, waves frozen, eerily quite, no pun intended.  There are supposed to be lots of shipwrecks in there too.  Do you still get Lake Effect snow?  At least once Erie is frozen, we don't get as much from there.  We do just get a lot of plain old snow and apparently some all the way from Lake Huron!  _____________________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyVTdY2BI3g (in reply to woodswalker) Post #: 6

RE: 1830 single mast sloop found in Lake MI near South ... - 4/2/2011 1:09:55 AM    surfaceone Posts: 7048 Joined: 12/9/2008 Status: offline Covered in Zebra Mussels! (in reply to woodswalker) Post #: 7

RE: 1830 single mast sloop found in Lake MI near South ... - 4/2/2011 10:38:20 AM    Dansalata Posts: 1316 Joined: 10/18/2005 Status: offline NEAT FER SHO!!THEY HAVE ON IN SANFRANCISCO SEEN BECAUSE THE TIDE IS SO LOW , A LOCAL SAID IT HASNT BEEN SEEN FOR 50 YEARS _____________________________ DANSALATA (in reply to surfaceone) Post #: 8

RE: 1830 single mast sloop found in Lake MI near South ... - 4/2/2011 2:23:03 PM    woodswalker   Posts: 1048 Joined: 4/13/2010 From: South Haven, Michigan Status: offline Hey Laur...people snorkel, dive and do lots of metal detecting...South Haven and all the way up the coast is all tourist trap towns...the lake is great for swimming as long as its warm enough...Last year they had to close down some swimming areas because of high Ecoli levels...but the beach is always safe and a beautiful place to be. And boy do we ever get the lake effect snow here!! Just as long as we don't get anymore until next winter I'll be happy!! I will look for those pictures I have of the "frozen waves" I may not have them any more(my laptop was stolen last winter along with 4 years worth of pictures) So I will see what i can come up with! And if you ever get a chance to take a vacation come to Michigan!! There are so many places and beautiful spots along the lake here!! I'll be back soon with a picture if i can find one!! Mandy _____________________________ Always enjoy nature to the fullest....what more could we want...birds singing and fresh air....AND Lots of neat stuff to always be found...One mans junk may be someone elses treasure :) (in reply to surfaceone) Post #: 9

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