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« on: November 27, 2006, 11:57:13 am »
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Neat that these divers just came upon this. Sue

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Divers find the shipwreck Lucy J. Clark
Monday, November 27, 2006 11:43 AM EST

KRISTINA HUGHES NEWS-REVIEW STAFF WRITER

CROSS VILLAGE - In 1883, the wooden schooner Lucy J. Clark capsized in a gale.

The ship is part of the tragic shipping folklore of the Great Lakes.

Generations later Petoskey residents George Bommarito, 42, and Matt Paulus, 30, believe they may have discovered the Lucy J. Clark in Lake Michigan between Cross Village and Waugoshance Point.

Like most boys who dream of treasure hunts and pirate ships, the divers are excited about their discovery.

?My first dive, I was in awe,? Paulus said. ?I made a full circle around the site. I couldn't take my eyes off it.?


During the discovery, Bommarito was equipped with nothing more than an 18-foot inflatable boat, a fish finder GPS and recreational diving equipment. Bommarito's wife, Kim, noticed a small blip on the sonar screen en route to another dive site in late August.

?She gets some of the credit for the discovery,? Bommarito said.

The next weekend Bommarito and Paulus returned to the coordinates. They discovered parts of a preserved schooner. The bow is stuck into the lake bottom, leaving the remainder of the boat broken, but the rudder is standing tall at the stern end of the wreck.

The friends believe they may be the first divers to find the site.

Bommarito said it was an eerie feeling, noticing the untouched site and artifacts left by the crew.

?It was like we were the first people there,? Bommarito said. ?It was amazing. We wanted to know more about our mystery ship.?

. . . . . The recent discovery is part of a diving adventure Bommarito almost gave up on. He tried the sport a few years ago, when he was pushing 40. But he almost gave up on the dream, busy with work as a production coordinator at McBride Construction.

?Diving is one of those things that fascinated me,? Bommarito said. ?It was one of those things I thought I could never do.?

?It's amazing to think of what we've discovered while diving,? Bommarito said.


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« Reply #1 on: November 27, 2006, 05:27:05 pm »
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wow cool story thanks

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« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2006, 05:28:25 pm »
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nice! Grin

the boat is one thing,but if the timber is still there Shocked Shocked

some of those vaneer quality logs will bring over $ 1 Grin Grin, Grin Grin Grin apiece

thanx for the nice read sue Smiley

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« Reply #3 on: November 28, 2006, 06:47:39 am »
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Great article.  Thanks for posting.

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Very interesting article.  Yeah- that lumber will bring some big bucks if it's still in good shape. That's also not far from the location of the "petoskey" stones, which is a fossilized coral. Thanks for the article.

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« Reply #5 on: November 28, 2006, 10:30:22 am »
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Quote:Posted by dr.dtector
but if the timber is still there Shocked Shocked
some of those vaneer quality logs will bring over $ 1 Grin Grin, Grin Grin Grin apiece


This news article about The Christmas Tree Ship, also found up there, relates  ??You could pull her up and she would float,?? he said. ??The wood has been preserved because of the dark and cold at that depth.??

"the project was possible in part because of the lake?s growing population of invasive deep-water mussels that have improved water clarity at the depth of 165 feet, where the Rouse Simmons rests.

??Ten years ago we wouldn?t have been able to do this because there would have been less visibility,?? Merveden said. "

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?Christmas Tree Ship? saga continues
Sunken mystery

TWO RIVERS, Wis. (AP) ? The saga of the doomed schooner Rouse Simmons, better known as the ??Christmas Tree Ship,?? has some added chapters after a diving expedition over the summer probed the site where the vessel went down in Lake Michigan 84 years ago.

. . . . The ship was believed to be carrying more than 5,000 Christmas trees, piled in the hold and lashed to the deck, on the voyage from Manistique, Mich., to downtown Chicago, where Capt. Herman Schuenemann would sell the trees for 50 cents to $1 each or give them away to needy families.

But when the Rouse Simmons set sail on Nov. 21, 1912, the weather was deteriorating. The ship was spotted more than a day later, its sails in tatters and flying a distress flag. A rescue boat couldn?t reach it, and it disappeared, along with the entire crew.

For years afterward, commercial fishermen reported finding pine trees tangled in their nets.

The ship was not found until 1971, when a wreck-hunter spotted it with the help of sonar. . . .

. . . The divers found the ship?s two anchor chains, each 450 feet long, on deck at the bow of the ship. Their weight ? and the Christmas tree cargo ? contributed to a low-riding bow that probably went through instead of over the storm waves. . . .


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« Reply #6 on: November 28, 2006, 05:30:56 pm »
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Wow I would like to see that ship raised. Sounds like a job to me.

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Good article about the christmas tree ship as well.

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« Reply #8 on: November 29, 2006, 07:17:53 am »
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That would be an intersting find.

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« Reply #9 on: November 29, 2006, 09:41:44 am »
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some guy up michigan way dives for those virgin timbers in a lake ~ sometime gets $4oo,ooo for one log.

unbelievably beautiful cury maples ect.. people from all over the world buy from him

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