(Courtesy Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary/NOAA) Defiance emerged from a dense fog in the early morning hours to an unexpected sight: John J. Audubon, one of a fleet of new, fast sailing ships, closing in. Because of its speed and the tight Lake Huron sailing lanes, Audubon couldn’t avoid a collision. The ships ultimately sank within miles of each other, but no lives were lost.
That is amazingly well preserved for a ship sunk 161 years ago.
Man, SunkenCiv, you never fail to fascinate and educate! Thank you so much and wishing you the best this coming year!
My great grandfather was an ore boat captain on the Lakes in the 1880s and 90s. I remember my g-grandmother telling us stories of his trips. She died in 1956 at 96 when I was 10. I remember her house in Lakewood OH. It was yellow brick and two floors with a finished attic and a finished basement. It was full of massive furniture and ships-in-bottles and all sorts of neat stuff. There was a widow walk on the roof.
Sounds like my Uncle Chet, but he was also able to come up drier.
My NYE plan is to watch hockey and football and then the ball drop. We go out tonight. NYE reservations are hard to get, prices are jacked up and they are putting out so much food the quality suffers. And there are too many drunks out.
