GRAND
HAVEN, Mich. — The remains of a wooden steamer built 125
years ago recently were uncovered in West Michigan because of
lower Great Lakes water levels.
The
Muskegon Chronicle reports (
http://bit.ly/XS5bCY
) sections of the 290-foot steamer Aurora, which burned in
1932, and parts of at least four other shipwreck hulks were
exposed by the receding waterline at Grand Haven near the
edges of Harbor Island.
The
Aurora is in the Grand River, which flows into Lake Michigan
nearby.
Michigan
Shipwreck Research Associates members and officials with the
Tri-Cities Historical Museum in Grand Haven have surveyed the
area. Valerie Van Heest, director of MSRA and a maritime
historian, says this offers a rare chance to see wrecks
without having to scuba dive.
The
Great Lakes are shrinking because of drought and rising
temperatures.
