On the early morning of May 11, 1881, Capt.
John Higgins and his eight-man crew scurried onto a lifeboat and caught a final glimpse of their schooner, Trinidad, as it disappeared into the icy waters of Lake Michigan.
After 142 years, its wreckage has finally been discovered.
Trinidad was built at Grand Island, N.Y., in 1867 and was used as a cargo ship in the lucrative grain trade between Milwaukee, Chicago and Oswego, N.Y., according to a news release.
“A lot of these schooners were built for one thing,” Mr. Baillod said in a phone interview on Friday evening.
Persons:
John Higgins, Brendon Baillod, Robert Jaeck, Baillod, Mr, ”
Locations:
Trinidad, Lake Michigan, Algoma, Wis, Grand, N.Y, Milwaukee, Chicago, Oswego