Possible Griffin shipwreck studied

Source: The Washington Post

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The Washington Post is among the many media outlets covering the exciting historical news developing off the Garden Peninsula; famed explorer Robert de La Salle’s ship may have been found there.

Excerpt: Commercial fisherman Larry Barbeau’s comings and goings usually don’t create much of a stir in this wind-swept Lake Michigan outpost, but in the past few days, his phone jangles the minute he arrives home.

Barbeau’s 46-foot boat is the offshore nerve center for an expedition seeking the underwater grave of the Griffin, the first ship of European design to traverse the upper Great Lakes.

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Source: The Washington Post

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