WHITEFISH POINT, Mich. (AP) — Shipwreck hunters have discovered a merchant ship that sank in Lake Superior in 1940, taking its captain with it, during a storm off Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
But as the Arlington and a larger freighter, the Collingwood, made their way across Lake Superior they encountered dense fog and then a storm after nightfall that battered both ships.
The crew, “out of fear for their lives, and without orders from Captain Burke,” began to abandon ship, they said in a statement.
Reports indicate he was last seen near its pilothouse, waving at the Collingwood, minutes before his ship vanished into the lake.
“It’s exciting to solve just one more of Lake Superior’s many mysteries, finding Arlington so far out in the lake," Fountain said in a statement.
Persons:
Dan Fountain, Owen, Frederick “, ” Burke, Burke countermanded, Captain Burke, ”, Burke, Fountain, Bruce Lynn, . Fountain, Lynn, Dan
Organizations:
POINT, Mich, —, Historical, Arlington, Owen Sound, Collingwood, Arlington ., .
Locations:
Lake Superior, Keweenaw, Arlington, Port Arthur , Ontario, Owen Sound , Ontario, Great, North Shore, Negaunee , Michigan, Superior