A group of maritime historians with the Wisconsin Underwater Archaeology Association used historical records and a high-resolution sonar device to locate the lost ship. The efforts to find the ... Read More

ALGOMA, Wis. (WFRV) - It was a Mother's Day that a trio ... We knew immediately what we had.'? Robert Jaeck of the Wisconsin Underwater Archaeological Association said. '?It's really exciting. Because ... Read More

The Wisconsin Underwater Archaeology Association says its searchers found the Margaret A. Muir in 50 feet of water off Algoma, Wisconsin. Read More

An intrepid team of marine archaeologists has discovered the wreckage of a long-sought-after schooner - more than a century after it sunk beneath Lake Michigan. The Margaret A. Muir was found 50 feet ... Read More

ALGOMA, Wis. - Marine archaeologists have discovered the wreckage of a schooner that sank in Lake Michigan in the late 1800s just off the shores of Algoma, Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Underwater ... Read More

The Margaret Muir, a schooner built in Manitowoc in 1872, sank during a violent storm in Sept. 1893. It was en route from Bay City, Michigan to Chicago with a cargo of salt. Six crew members abandoned ... Read More