• 80-year-old hunter finds 154-year-old steamer wreck in Lake Michigan waters The Lac La Belle, a luxury passenger steamer that vanished into a Lake Michigan gale in 1872, has been discovered 20 miles offshore. • Paul Ehorn was 15 years old when he first started looking for ghost ships in the Great Lakes. • Now 80, the veteran shipwreck hunter has finally caught the one that was hard to find so far. • The Lac La Belle, a luxury passenger steamer that vanished into a Lake Michigan gale in 1872, has been discovered resting upright in the dark, 20 miles offshore. • The global maritime search organization Shipwreck World has verified the discovery, placing the long-lost vessel about 20 miles off the coast of Lake Michigan, between the Wisconsin cities of Racine and Kenosha. • Although the wreck was found in October 2022, the official reveal was delayed to allow time to create a 3D video model.
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- 80-year-old hunter finds 154-year-old steamer wreck in Lake Michigan waters The Lac La Belle, a luxury passenger steamer that vanished into a Lake Michigan gale in 1872, has been discovered 20 miles offshore. Paul Ehorn was 15 years old when he first started looking for ghost ships in the Great Lakes. Now 80, the veteran shipwreck hunter has finally caught the one that was hard to find so far. The Lac La Belle, a luxury passenger steamer that vanished into a Lake Michigan gale in 1872, has been discovered resting upright in the dark, 20 miles offshore. The global maritime search organization S
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