Steamer A. Everett: The 212' steamer A. Everett steamed into history on April 30, 1895, when she sank in deep water 20 miles above Point Aux Barques, Michigan in Lake Huron.
In the first run of the year the A. Everett, under the command of Captain Kendall, cleared Chicago on April 26, 1895 with 48,000 bushels of corn destined for Ogdensburg, New York. It was a journey the Everett never completed. On the April 30, at 8pm the Everett's bow, cut by ice, allowed the frigid ice water to rush through a gaping hole. The damaged steamer was doomed and an hour later she plunged to the floor of Lake Huron. The Everett rested quietly, missing for 110 years.
Share the excitement with the first explorers as they visit an "Ice Water Palace"....the 212' steamer A. Everett sitting upright on the floor of Lake Huron.
Military Biplane Mystery:A true mystery... The small image on the sidescan sonar becomes one of Lake Huron’s great mysteries. Share the excitement and exploration of a military biplane that disappeared before World War II.
Can we identify the plane and write the final chapter on this one of a kind discovery? Find out!
The Mysterious A-Frame:The sidescan target is large but looks nothing like a shipwreck. Share the excitement of diving Lake Huron's giant A-Frame that rises 70' off the floor of Lake Huron.
What can it be? find out!
Steamer Michigan:We have become familiar with Ernest Shackelton's famous Antarctic expedition on board the Schooner Endurance and the epic survival... There was a similar epic that played out 30-years earlier in Lake Michigan. In what began as a rescue mission of another vessel in the brutal winter of 1885, the 204' SS Michigan instead became the victim when the ice trapped her, crushed her hull and sent her to the bottom after a 40 day battle with the ice.
The quest for the Steamer Michigan lasted for several years. Learn the story of the sidescan discovery and see the first images of this amazing underwater discovery resting at 270' in Lake Michigan's cold, dark waters.
This program will be presented by David Trotter.
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