After 57 years of searching, shipwreck hunter Paul Ehorn discovered the luxury steamer Lac La Belle that sank in Lake Michigan in 1872 during a gale.
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ResearchershavediscoveredthewreckofaluxurysteamershipthatsankinLakeMichiganin1872,theyannouncedFriday.
ShipwreckWorld,agroupthatworkstolocateshipwrecksaroundtheglobe,announcedthefindlastweek,creditingateamledbyIllinoisshipwreckhunterPaulEhorn.Ehorn,80,sayshisteamdiscoveredthewreckoftheLacLaBelleroughly20milesoffshorebetweenRacineandKenosha,Wisconsin,inOctober2022.
Headdedthattheannouncementwasdelayedbecausehisteamplannedtoreleasethree-dimensionalvideoofthewreckalongwiththeannouncement,butweatherpreventedaccessuntillastsummer.
EhorntoldTheAssociatedPresshehasbeensearchingfortheLacLaBelle’slocationsince1965.
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“It’skindofagame,likesolvethepuzzle.Sometimesyoudon’thavemanypiecestoputthepuzzletogetherbutthisoneworkedoutandwefounditrightaway,”hesaid.Thefindinglefthim
