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The intact bulk of the Augustus Handy, a vessel that sank in rough waters off northern Michigan in the first weeks of the Civil War, looms in the waters of the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary after being rediscovered this summer as seen in this photo provided by explorers Mark Gammage and Joe Van Wagnen.
ALPENA Decades after they gave up the adventure of searching for shipwrecks, two underwater explorers with Alpena roots made a thrilling find in the waters of the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary.
Longtime friends Mark Gammage and Joe Van Wagnen, who first got their feet wet hunting for sunken ships near Alpena, this summer searched for and found a Civil War-era shipwreck not seen in nearly 160 years.
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