Photo: Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society
The wreckage of a steel bulk freighter that served in World War I and sunk on Lake Superior 100 years ago has finally been found. The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society (GLSHS) announced the shipwreck as that of the Huronton, a 238-foot long vessel, which was discovered in extreme depths of more than 800 feet after it collided with another ship almost exactly a century ago on October 11, 1923.
According to officials with the GLSHS, the Huronton was empty on the day it sank and was traveling upbound on Lake Superior in fog and smoke emitting from forest fires.