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  • 19 - The Christmas Tree Ship
    2024/12/23

    Happy Holidays and welcome aboard this week's episode! Andrew and Michelle cover the wonderful yet tragic lore of the Rouse Simmons, the Christmas tree ship, and her beloved captain, Captain Herman "Santa" Schuenemann. The legacy of the Rouse Simmons lives on today with the USCGC Mackinaw making the same trip for the past 25 years. Tune in this week for some holiday cheer!

    Sources:

    https://shipwreckmuseum.com/visit/whitefish-point-light/#:~:text=Whitefish%20Point%20marks%20the%20eastern,the%20vicinity%20of%20Whitefish%20Point.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rouse_Simmons

    https://www.pfri.uniri.hr/bopri/documents/05-ME-tal.pdf#:~:text=The%20tramp%20is%20an%20unspecialized%20type%20of,grain%2C%20coal%2C%20bauxite%2C%20phosphates%20and%20iron%20ore.

    https://www.navsource.org/archives/12/179895.htm

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simmons_Bedding_Company#:~:text=In%202012%2C%20Simmons%20and%20its,%2C%20LLC%20of%20Doraville%2C%20Georgia.

    https://lakelandboating.com/the-modern-day-christmas-tree-ship/#:~:text=In%20fact%2C%20each%20year%20on,Schuenemann%20would%20have%20recognized.

    https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2006/winter/christmas-tree.html#:~:text=The%2052%2Dton%2C%20two%2D,late%2Dseason%20Christmas%20trees%20runs.

    https://seahistory.org/sea-history-for-kids/christmas-tree-ship-rouse-simmons/

    https://www.wanderingeducators.com/best/stories/shipwrecks-great-lakes-rouse-simmons-christmas-tree-ship

    https://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/syndicated/christmas-tree-ship-final-voyage-rouse-simmons-lake-michigan/

    https://www.atlanticarea.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/District-9/Ninth-District-Staff/Prevention-Division/Cutters/MACKINAW/

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    49 分
  • 18 - The Making of a Ghost Ship | Part 2
    2024/12/14

    Welcome aboard part two about Le Griffon, one of the most notorious Ghost Ships on the Great Lakes. Join Andrew and Michelle as they go through some potential occurrences that happened to cause the loss of this ship. Is it technically found? Is it still missing? Find out on this week's episode of Under the Waves!

    Sources:

    https://washingtonisland.com/le-griffon-the-griffin/#:~:text=Le%20Griffon%20is%20often%20mistakenly,and%20the%20government%20of%20France.

    https://www.wisconsinshipwrecks.org/Vessel/Details/252?region=index#:~:text=may%20have%20looked-,1679,southern%20end%20of%20Lake%20Michigan.

    https://www.greatlakesfisheriestrail.org/collection.asp?ait=jv&jid=19#:~:text=In%20the%20late%201700s%20the,used%20in%20the%20fur%20trade.

    https://www.greatlakesexploration.com/steve-libert

    https://doorcountypulse.com/the-search-for-la-salles-lost-ship-le-griffon-continues/#:~:text=Of%20the%20four%20vessels%20that,late%201686%20during%20a%20squall

    https://doorcountypulse.com/holy-grail-great-lakes-le-griffon/

    https://wdet.org/2021/05/21/possible-resting-place-of-great-lakes-most-iconic-shipwreck-unveiled-with-photos-and-new-book/#:~:text=The%20Griffin%20disappeared%20returning%20from,Garden%20Peninsula%20in%20Michigan's%20U.P.&text=Map%20dating%20to%20the%20late,academic%20researchers%20and%20French%20archeologists.

    https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2024/09/22/griffon-shipwreck-great-lakes-lake-michigan-steve-kathie-libert/74956091007/

    https://divers24.com/the-legendary-1679-wreck-of-le-griffon-finally-found/

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    40 分
  • 17 - The Making of a Ghost Ship | Part 1
    2024/12/06

    Hosts Andrew and Michelle dive into a history lesson regarding the making and build-up of Le Griffon. Le Griffon, now seen as a ghost ship, was the second European ship to sink on the Great Lakes following the Frontenac which was actually en route to and carrying supplies for the building of Le Griffon. Settle down to enjoy this step back in time and learn more about Le Griffon prior to her sinking... or disappearance? Find out next week. Anchors away!

    Sources:

    https://www.michiganseagrant.org/topics/great-lakes-fast-facts/lake-superior/

    https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/shield#:~:text=The%20Canadian%20Shield%20refers%20to,least%201%20billion%20years%20old.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9-Robert_Cavelier,_Sieur_de_La_Salle

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Hennepin

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Griffon

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_de_Br%C3%A9hant_de_Galin%C3%A9e

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth_sounding#Sounding_Line

    https://www.up.edu/garaventa/did-you-know/st-clare.html#:~:text=for%20us%20all.-,St.,known%20as%20the%20Poor%20Clares.

    https://www.discoveryuk.com/mysteries/what-happened-to-the-lost-ship-le-griffon-and-was-it-ever-found/

    https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/389?revision_id=244

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    48 分
  • 16 - Like Ships in the Night
    2024/11/29

    Join hosts Andrew and Michelle as they discuss the making of the St. Lawrence Seaway along with one of the worst shipwrecks on the St. Lawrence River. In 1963, the SS Roonagh Head and the MV Tritonica didn't pass like ships in the night, they collided in a very unfortunate wreck that put all parties involved to blame. Welcome aboard this Great Lakes adjacent shipwreck episode.

    Sources:

    https://shipsoftheclyde.com/happenings/single?id=14807

    https://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/plaques/lost-villages-of-st-lawrence#:~:text=On%20%22Inundation%20Day%2C%22%20July,farming%20community%20on%20Sheek's%20Island.

    https://www.britannica.com/place/Saint-Lawrence-River

    https://www.croisieresaml.com/en/the-st-lawrence-river-facts-history#:~:text=As%20the%20ice%20retreated%20due,river%2C%20which%20brought%20human%20occupation.

    https://www.croisieresaml.com/en/the-st-lawrence-river-facts-history#:~:text=As%20the%20ice%20retreated%20due,river%2C%20which%20brought%20human%20occupation.

    https://shippingtandy.com/features/head-line-belfast-ulster-steamship-co-ltd/#:~:text=These%20included%20three%20masted%20barques,Irish%20headlands%20e.g.%20Inishowen%20Head.

    https://www.shipsnostalgia.com/media/roonagh-head.215693/

    https://www.marinelink.com/news/discovering-largest-shipwrecks-st-500050

    https://theconversation.com/discovering-the-three-largest-shipwrecks-in-the-st-lawrence-river-191979#:~:text=Lawrence%20River%20in%20Qu%C3%A9bec%20waters,of%20the%20Empress%20of%20Ireland.&text=In%20the%20days%20following%20the,and%20close%20to%20the%20surface.

    https://www.shipsnostalgia.com/threads/tritonica.10017/

    https://trinkmag.com/articles/once-and-future-st-laurent/

    https://greatlakes-seaway.com/en/the-seaway/

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    40 分
  • 15 - Mussel Herders and Cow Thugs
    2024/11/22

    This week's episode sounds more like a trip to the gym than a shipwreck, at least initially. Join hosts Andrew and Michelle as they learn about the wide-spreading mussel (not muscle) problem of the Great Lakes, but how these little buggers have inadvertently helped uncover the long lost SS Africa. So come out of your shells, don't clam up now, and come aboard this shuck-filled adventure! Okay, maybe they went a bit overboard, but they crack themselves up. These jokes practically write themselves!

    Sources:

    https://www.michiganseagrant.org/topics/great-lakes-fast-facts/

    https://watershedcouncil.org/invasive-species/zebra-mussels/#:~:text=In%20just%20a%20few%20years,dominance%20in%20our%20Great%20Lakes.

    https://www.invasivespeciescentre.ca/invasive-species/meet-the-species/fish-and-invertebrates/zebra-and-quagga-mussels/#:~:text=Although%20similar%20in%20appearance%20to,flat%20underside%2C%20will%20fall%20over.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freshwater_drum#:~:text=Aplodinotus%20grunniens,-Rafinesque%2C%201819&text=The%20freshwater%20drum%20is%20also,Canada%2C%20and%20the%20United%20States.

    https://inspiredplanet.ca/uncategorized/africa-shipwreck-discovery/

    https://www.shorelinebeacon.com/news/local-news/finding-africa-in-lake-huron-a-shipwreck-revealed

    https://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/documentary-filmmakers-find-1895-steamship-wreck-in-lake-huron/

    https://waterlibrary.aqua.wisc.edu/the-recently-discovered-shipwrecks-of-the-great-lakes/

    https://www.bayshorebroadcasting.ca/2023/10/10/shipwreck-found-off-the-bruce-peninsula-though-to-be-the-africa/

    https://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/returning-to-africa/

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    37 分
  • 14 - A Good Ole Sport
    2024/11/16

    Join hosts Andrew and Michelle as they unbiasedly cover perhaps the cutest little boat they've learned about yet. Meet Sport - a 1873 tugboat who holds the titles of being the first steel tugboat on the Great Lakes, the first vessel made out of Bessemer steel (the new way to process steel) in North America, and the first shipwreck in Michigan to receive her own Michigan Historical Marker. Join your hosts in getting attached to one of the cutest things to float on the lakes and welcome aboard!

    Sources:

    https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/where-we-work/priority-landscapes/great-lakes/great-lakes-aquatic-invasive-species-/#:~:text=Yet%20the%20lakes%20also%20hold,in%20the%20Great%20Lakes%20basin.

    https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/metallurgical-coke#:~:text=1%20INTRODUCTION,to%20the%20NSC%20test%20procedure.

    https://hawkinsrails.net/mainlines/ble/ble.htm

    https://nmgl.org/the-operation-of-tugboats-on-the-great-lakes-spring-1981/#:~:text=Tugboats%20seen%20in%20Great%20Lakes,tug%20and%20often%20considerably%20longer.

    https://nmgl.org/fire-fighting-ships-fall-1961/#:~:text=Early%20Use%20of%20Tugs,tug%20with%20a%20suitable%20pump.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_(shipwreck)

    https://3dshipwrecks.org/shipwreck-sport-tug/

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XGTpgCEgZg

    https://lakeorionreview.com/great-lakes-great-dives/

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    34 分
  • 13 - Niagara In The Lake
    2024/11/09

    Some shipwrecks are just so old that facts can be a bit contradicting. The PS Niagara is one of those wrecks. Join hosts Michelle and Andrew as they weed through the probable embellishments that make the storytelling about the night the PS Niagara went down even more intense. And listen in for how the ship almost claimed two more modern-day lives as well as the uncovering of a small doll that survived the wreck.

    Sources:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_steamer

    https://www.wkar.org/history/2015-08-31/luxury-on-the-great-lakes-the-era-of-palace-steamers

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steerage#:~:text=Steerage%20is%20a%20term%20for,down%20on%20steerage%20passengers%20below.

    https://www.wanderingeducators.com/best/stories/shipwrecks-great-lakes-niagara

    https://wisconsinshipwrecks.org/vessel/Details/455

    https://diveaai.com/niagara

    https://wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS10122

    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107951490/mary-keck

    https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/local/door-co/2016/12/09/artifacts-help-tell-story-steamships-past/95214932/

    https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=47079

    https://tripsintohistory.com/2013/02/09/the-palace-steamers-of-the-great-lakes/

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_gale#:~:text=November%20gale%2C%20the%20Witch%20of,Gulf%20air%20from%20the%20south.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beam_engine#:~:text=A%20beam%20engine%20is%20a,of%20compounding%20an%20existing%20engine.

    http://www.oceantreasures.org/blog/wreck-diving/lake-michigan-shipwreck-of-1856-almost-claims-2-more-lives.html

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    37 分
  • 12 - A Work of Ingenuity
    2024/11/02

    Welcome aboard this week's episode! Join Andrew and Michelle as they learn about the SS Appomattox, one of the largest wooden steamships and built by the famed James Davidson. Tragically, her working life was cut short when she ran aground off the coast of Wisconsin on November 2, 1905. Come learn the ins and outs of the fascinating wooden bulk carriers that dominated the Great Lakes for a time. Anchors away!

    Sources:

    https://gandernewsroom.com/2022/01/07/5-ghost-ships-believed-to-still-be-sailing-the-great-lakes/

    https://diveaai.com/ss-appomattox1

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Ball_Line_(trans-Atlantic_packet)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packet_boat

    https://www.eekwi.org/great-lakes/humans-and-great-lakes/great-lakes-ships#:~:text=The%20largest%20of%20the%20Great,make%20them%20very%20efficient%20carriers.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Container_ship#:~:text=Modern%20container%20ships%20can%20carry,World%20War%20II%20freighter%20ships.

    https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/appomattox#:~:text=in%20British%20English-,(%CB%8C%C3%A6p%C9%99%CB%88m%C3%A6t%C9%99ks%20),ending%20the%20American%20Civil%20War

    https://www.getmyboat.com/journal/how-to/bilge-on-a-boat/#:~:text=Sterndrives%20for%20Boats-,5%20years%2C%208%20months%20ago,boat's%20electrical%20system%20are%20used.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Appomattox

    https://www.wisconsinshipwrecks.org/vessel/Details/31

    https://pbswisconsin.org/watch/university-place/university-place-diving-wreck-appomattox-ep-693/

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    34 分