Shipwreck hunters find schooner 131 years after it sank in Lake Michigan with captain's "faithful dog"
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The wreck of a 130-foot ship has been found off the coast of Wisconsin more than 130 years after it plunged to the bottom of Lake Michigan with the captain's beloved dog on board, marking yet another discovery of a vessel that went down in the treacherous waters of the Great Lakes over a century ago.
The historic Margaret A. Muir schooner was found on May 12 by a group of shipwreck hunters using historical records and high-resolution sonar, the Wisconsin Underwater Archeology Association said in a news release.
The team, which included Wisconsin Maritime Museum executive director Kevin Cullen, noticed something on sonar "that didn't look natural," just before they were about to call off the day's search effort, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. After a closer look, Cullen recalled thinking: "This is it! This is really it!"
