Researchers have uncovered the remains of a World War I-era bulk freighter that sank after it was gouged by a ship nearly twice its size a century ago — on a night when Lake Superior was blanketed with dense fog and smoke from northern forest fires.
The port side bow of the Cetus rammed into the port side of the Huronton, creating a 25-foot gash and quickly dropping the vessel into the depths of Lake Superior on Oct. 11, 1923. It lay there undisturbed until recently.
Researchers from the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society this past August saw a sliver, seemingly the size of a thread, caught in an 800-foot deep hole near Whitefish Point on the east end of Lake Superior — just 3 miles from where the Edmund Fitzgerald was found.
Tap the link in our bio to read the full story by Christa Lawler. Photo provided by the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society. #Minnesota#LakeSuperior#GreatLakes