"The only part of the Eco article that I am not sure of is the statement that Lake Superior has destroyed 20,000 vessels in the last 150 years." Don, that information would very likely be available from the folks at the Shipwreck Museum at Whitefish Point. Their website is: www.whitefishpoint.org/museumindex.html M.J. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
>> I believe I saw a figure somewhere that estimated about 6,500 shipwrecks for all of the Great Lakes so over 2,000 might not be totally off the wall for Superior. For a figure of over 20,000 I think you would need to include every row boat and birch bark canoe that ever sank! >> The Shipwreck museum site says 6,000 for all the Great Lakes, but that figure is obviously rounded off. One of the wrecks was a steamer my great-great-grandfather intended to board on his migration west to Minnesota. However, it failed to stop, which caused him to write a few choice words in his diary. :-) Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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