A US Great Lakes shipwreck mystery has been solved with the discovery of the Ironton, a cargo sailing ship that sank intact in Lake Huron 128 years ago.
John Flesher TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN (AP) – Even for the Thunder Bay area, a perilous swath of northern Lake Huron off the Michigan coast that has devoured many a ship, the Ironton’s fate seems particularly cruel. The 58-metre cargo vessel collided with a grain hauler on a blustery night in September 1894, sinking both. The […]
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Even for the Thunder Bay area, a perilous swath of northern Lake Huron off the Michigan coast that has devoured many a ship, the Ironton’s