. David Bagdon The PADI DIVING Excellence Award 1994 1,517 people lost their lives. I Agree With You Jean Anne Arden Ah Am A Little Bit Speechless If That Were Me I Would Display It In The Museum! Then you and I can conclude that persevering faith in hoping dreams to come true exists, to the non-believers. Download our app for the latest ]. They want what theyve found preserved. She was 26 feet wide and 105 feet long and stood 60 feet off the bottom. The crew members chained the chests together and threw them overboard rather than risk the chance of being caught. The Liberts dispute that statement, pointing to their years of studying all they could find about the construction of 17th-century French ships, much of which they summarize andillustratein their book. Poverty Island. There are treasure stories around us In either event, the chests of gold never arrived. Thousands of vessels from canoes to car ferries and steamers to modern ore boats have sailed these "inland seas" and unknown numbers still remain - settled on the lakes bottom in watery graves. Poverty Island is currently owned by the federal government. More: Travel the Great Lakes on a floating mansion with new Viking cruise ships, More: Report: Recycling in Michigan reaches 19.3%, up 35.4% in 3 years. 10. The keelson structure with mast steps, paired floors and futtocks, and ceiling timbers all suggest a sailing craft, probably a schooner or schooner-barge, that was built and operated during the last half of the 1800s. After the discovery of the bowsprit, a 10-year legal battle with the State of Michigan prevented explorers from excavating the rest of the ship. It was late August in 1994 when the crew of "Unsolved Mysteries" arrived, and the county was ready for them. Despite that belief, there is a story that a group of sailors might have accidentally snagged one of the trunks in 1929. The treasure story reaches back to 1863, when the tide of the Civil War was turning in favor of the Union. It is available here. At the time, Union forces were beginning to gain the upper hand in the war, and the cash-strapped Confederates were frantically trying to raise money for their war effort. It was built with the intention of finding a route through North Americas Great Lakes to reach China and Japan. Unsolved Mysteries Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. Nevertheless, Bennett is quite confident that he is very close to the treasure. Bring anything up remotely resembling an item from a shipwreck and they'll seize everything. Join MU Plus+ and get exclusive shows and extensions & much more! After La Salle's exploits in the Great Lakes, he led his followers down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico, claiming all he'd seen for France. (1,509 ft 2 in) off Poverty Island, Michigan on 21 April 1984. Learn how your comment data is processed. 15 metres (49 ft 3 in) deep, but has been ruled out as the Plymouth and is most likely the Erastus Corning. Dear Richard, Ive also have read, years ago, in newspapers about the five sunken treasure chests linked together in bottom of Lake Michigan. I for one started before we had any formal search devices, side scan, GPS that sort of equipment. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. It sank in the North Atlantic Ocean during its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City on April 14th, 1912. The only way to really find this treasure is to have human beings on the sled visually looking at the bottom. There are many new facts that appear to support the legend. Any story that survives 100 years has to have some validity to it. Michigan Brothers Finally Unearth 220-Year-Old Secret Hidden In Oak Island. This particular drone video offers unique insight into the island's rugged natural . The ship was assessed . From then on, Steve's obsession grew. May I get to know you sir. People are dumb. Archaeology: Discovery of 'grand old' Pearl Harbour ship, Archaeologists stunned at shipwreck 'frozen in time', Nostradamus makes chilling 2022 'prediction' for EU collapse, Mountain range disappeared into Yellowstone supervolcano magma chamber. Any story that survives 100 years has to have some validity to it. How deep is it?? Never give upand God go with you! Part II If there' s treasure keeping cool among the rocks, boulders, and shipwrecks that litter the underwater mud around Poverty Island, it has led a charmed or perhaps cursedlife. building a cabin on Poverty Island and staying there for some time in the hope of Page 3 Fairport Int'l Exploration v. The Shipwrecked Vessel, et al. 27.07 - MU Plus+ Podcast - Flames of Prophecy, 29.07 - MU Podcast - Contract with the Goddess, 29.06 - MU Podcast - Italian Disco Abductions, 27.06 - MU Plus+ Podcast - Secret Vaults of Time, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Queen's Ghost, Small Lake Monster, Space Caterpillar and More Mysterious News Briefly, A Haunted Book and the Most Haunted Bookshop There Is. Divers reported that while looking up toward the . The namehonoredCount Frontenac, the governor of all French territoriesin North America, whose coat of arms featured the symbol. There are always five chests, and its always the same scenario., Records of 1863 shipwrecks are well preserved. Only then did Mr Libert and various archaeologists discover that the bowsprit and the remainder of the vessel were separate. Because the odds are always against you. To answer Joe from the 8-30-16 comment: Your right Joe, that was the point, to be odd. But, while delivering a valuable cargo of furs, it vanished amid rumours that she had been cursed by a prophet from the indigenous Iroquois tribe. Today, Richard Bennett feels confident that he will succeed where others have failed. in shallow water near Poverty Island and Summer Island. The ship disappeared with all six crew members and its cargo of furs on its return trip . The Riches of Poverty Island: With Matty Blake, Robert Clotworthy, Robert C. Kreipke, Rick Lagina. Sailors and divers have had odd experiences near this wreck. Its museum has extensive displays of numerous shipwreck artifacts and other lore of the lakes, scale models of every conceivable type of vessel that sank, and even the restored bell of the ill-fated Edmund Fitzgerald. so i thak people shood stop triying and this is my apinyin, i dont beleve this trezer reley egzists and i havint senn iny thing to shaing my mind. A few years later, Karl Jesson, the son of the Poverty Island lighthouse keeper, reported watching a salvage crew that seemed to make an exciting discovery in Lake Michigan just before their ship was sunk by a storm. Legend has it that natives cursed the ship, after Metiomek, an Iroquois prophet, apparently told La Salle that the ship was cursed and would sink in deep waters. The Griffin, a large vessel built by French explorer Ren-Robert Cavalier, Sieur de La Salle, disappeared on its maiden voyage some 343 years ago. La Salle and Father Louis Hennepin set out on the Le Griffon's maiden voyage on August 7, 1679 with a crew of 32, sailing across Lake Erie, Lake Huron and Lake Michigan through uncharted waters that only canoes had previously explored. The U.S. Lighthouse Board commissioned a Lighthouse to be built on Poverty island in 1874 using the same design as the Lighthouse on Sturgeon Point near Harrisville on Lake Huron, ( you can read my post HERE) The Light was automated in 1958 and by 1965 the Lantern room at the top of the tower and the lens had been removed and replaced with an exposed electric light. I've been itching to get into wreck diving and searching, and up here in Minnesota, I was hoping to start soon. I believe it is true. Travel with Bennett from the Civil War days to Lake Michigans cold and frigid depths in his decade long quest for the reported $300,000,000 in lost gold. Over the course of decades, he has sunk over $100,000 of his own money in his endless quest, as well as around $30,000 from donations, all the while constantly scouring old news archives for stories, leads, and clues about the treasure. What about one of those small manned submarines?? It wasthe first big ship to sail the Great Lakes. It is only a speck of rocky land just east of Wisconsin, surrounded by the chilly waters of Lake Michigan. On November 21, 1996, a search team from the private research firm Intersal, Inc., operating under a permit from the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources found a cluster of cannon and anchors on the seabed near historic Beaufort Inlet. But Im a dreamer, and Im a gambler. Often considered the first ship lost on the Great Lakes, little was known about it until shipwreck hunters Stevie and Kathie Libert set to work. In Gytheio, you can find 'Dimitrios', a 67-meter-long ship, sunk and rusty, quite near the shore, easy to explore up close and swim nearby. How can you challenge a mans mettle any better than on an operation like this? Poor guy. The leader of our scuba diving club dove many times looking for the gold with no luck. sure some funds would help with equipment. Archive of past shows: 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2000 1999 1998 1997 The treasure is believed to rest deep beneath the cold waters of Lake Michigan. Rick I live in the area of interested and have always wanted to dedicate time to something with allure. I would love to be there when this particular treasure is found and recovered. Additionally, this particular shipwreck is well-known, can be clearly seen on aerial imagery internet sites, and has been visited by state authorities.". We just had a basketball celebrity here in Milwaukee return to his childhood part of the inner city and consul youngsters in following their dreams. Asked about the couple's claims, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources was quick to dismiss them. Although a lighthouse was eventually built on Poverty Island and put into operation in 1885, for a long time ships were forced to travel during the days and brave treacherous rocks and shoals. What about that guy from escanba, that looked for it, and then retired in Florida. You are now leaving Unsolved.com and heading to our shop at. There are several theories of where the chests came from, one of them being, Jesse Strang the King of Beaver Island and the leader of a Mormoncolony on Beaver Island with the gold was collected from his followers. Ive heard this story many times. Marty Lagina and Matty Blake return to the eerie . Those have been around since the story broke into the diving industry by Skin Diver Magazine in 1969. Download our app for the latest, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. FOR MORE DOOR COUNTY NEWS: Check out our homepage. Mr Libert will continue to search the bed of Lake Michigan using non-intrusive techniques, with the ultimate aim of finding a cannon with the date stamped on it. I've got to get my finances in order though first to divulge into this mission Keep the info coming. On November 2, 1933, Behrens filed a "Record of Casualties to Vessel." The best part are the flow charts, five pages with arrows pointing to what may have happened next. By early 1864 the Union blockade was so strong only one in three blockade runners made it though. History. I'd be more than happy to help. In order to aid his driven search, he has enlisted the best equipment he can get his hands on, including a fiberglass homemade mini-sub to comb the gloomy depths at the bottom. It also lies in Michgan (the state) waters. Privacy and the mostly rural setting have attracted a number of actors, politicians and sports figures who have beenspotted enjoying the fruits of the county. The content is about the subject and little else. But some believed that, while traveling inland to Chicago, the ship was attacked and sank. An update on the Poverty Island Treasure legend. In 1994, a TV program investigated the Door County legend that $400 million in gold lies submerged near Poverty Island. A few years later, Karl Jesson, the son of the Poverty Island lighthouse keeper, reported watching a salvage crew that seemed to make an exciting discovery in Lake Michigan just before their ship was sunk by a storm. Mr Libert hopes to find a cannon, like the above, on the wreck of The Griffin. It was in this era when Poverty Island was notorious for sinking ships that one of its most persistent legends would begin, which says that somewhere in the waters off poverty island are five chests full of an estimated $400 million in gold bullion and coins just sitting around waiting to be found. In most versions of the tale, the chests, usually said to be five of them, were chained together, making it likely that if one is to find one, they will find all of them. Steve Harrington, a maritime historian, is convinced the treasure is still located off the coast of Poverty Island: I think thats one of the most intriguing things about this legend is that its consistent in that the loss is always at Poverty Island. The Griffin is believed to be the first ship of European design to sail the upper Great Lakes. If 85 th st went though, we wouldnt t have had a back yard. At the Rochester Hills Public Library, which also serves the neighboring city of Rochester and Oakland Township, Community Relations Manager Tiffany Stozicki said she hoped that Steve Libert's talkwill pique interest not only in shipwrecksbut in the broader subjectsof what this region was like, and who lived here, a century and a half before Michigan became a state. This wreck has been mentioned in newspapers since 1945, and I wasn`t around to write those stories. Weve not been able to find any evidence that any of these vessels that were recorded to have been lost were sunk in the vicinity of Poverty Island or that they were French vessels, as the legend would have it to be.. Around 300 passengers responded by climbing on to the deck, with large waves washing some out to sea. Richard, are you still looking for the treasure? That in itself is rewarding. La Salle named the shipLe Griffon, after the mythical creature whose body of a lion has the head and wings of an eagle. 2020 MYSTERIES & HISTORIES. On June 16, 2013, U.S. and French archeologists began examining an underwater object first discovered in 2001 near Poverty Island that could be the wreck of Le Griffon, although it will take time to determine if it is even a shipwreck.Le Griffon was the first full-sized European style sailing ship on the upper Great Lakes that was built and commanded by the French explorer Ren . If you need a hand, let me know. Even better than the equipment is luck Mel Fisher had this and it made him very successful where others failed. Steve and Kathie Libert, of Charlevoix, said they've spent more than 40 years seeking the answer to one of North Americas most enduring mysteries the final resting place of the legendaryGriffon. Professional diver and owner of a diving school and shop in the Milwaukee suburb of Wauwatosa, Bennet became fascinated and obsessed with the legend of the Poverty Island lost treasure back in 1968, and has been looking for it ever since. For students of history, of any age, the Liberts' book is a good example of using primary source documents old maps and woodcuts from centuries-old books; records left by Jesuit missionaries, who traveled through the area of the Griffon's last sightings in 1670-1672; and thediaries of expedition leader Robert Cavelier de la Salle and of the exploring party's missionary priest, Father LouisHennepin. You know the house big and very old on Lisbon Do you really think it s there? looking for the lost gold of Poverty Island. Is a sunken fortune hidden in the bottom of Lake Michigan? Reuters. The Society's website, viewed last week, hadthree paragraphs about the Griffon, including the sentence: "In 2001, a famous Great Lakes shipwreck hunter, Steve Libert, claimed her wreck in northern Lake Michigan near Poverty Island." On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Rrrrrrrrrr/shiver me timbers/another treasure story/ Im hopeing this ones true/all I can say is/PLEASE/PLEASE/BE CAREFUL/Ive personally saved 5 children from drowning / including myself twice/true story/ MAY GOD BE WITH YOU /and PLEASE donate/some of the findings to /ST. Bennett has devised an ingenious underwater sled to comb the murky depths of Lake Michigan. Suddenly, a large image appeared on their sonar. Having a museum historian carbon-date it to the same era left them eager for the adventure. Suddenly, a storm descended on them, almost as if to deny them the treasure. Mr and Mrs Libert claim The Griffin matches wreckage found in 2018 near Poverty Island in Lake Michigan. Prominent historians and shipwreck experts in Michigan doubt the Liberts' claim. Brent Swancer is an author and crypto expert living in Japan. French archeologists who visited the site at the Liberts' invitation have said they believe the couple is on to something; they even staked a claim for France for whatever wreckage turns up, Steve and Kathie Libert say in their 2021 book, "Le Griffon and the Huron Islands," published by Traverse City's Mission Point Press (about $26in softcover and$35in newly released hardcover). The bowsprit is believed to have broken off before the rest of the ship sank. So coming in the back door was longer, but had higher odds of succeeding. Over a period variously estimated at 188 to 137 years, it has eluded platoons of treasure-The view from Poverty Island reveals a vast panorama of water . Marty Lagina and Matty Blake return to the eerie waters surrounding Poverty Island in Lake Michigan to search for a lost Civil War treasure worth an estimated $400-million. This wreck is unusual for being buried entirely in the sandit's now stranded about a quarter mile away from shore. Unfortunately for the crew, the anchor chain snapped to send it all tumbling back down into the murk, after which it evaded being found again. Maybe somebody will find that ship someday,'and he touched me on the shoulder.". The book is in 8 1/2" X 11" manuscript form and follows somewhat of a sequence of events. Even went so far as to buy a 2-man submarine in 1964 from a company in Fort Wayne called Nautilette, for the search. Carbon dating of the bowsprit estimated an age range within a year of The Griffins sinking in 1679. Nov 01, 2022 | 41m 57s | tv-pg | CC. This Delta County, Michigan location article is a stub. I have no problem that you are using the underwater shots, but I would like a photo/video by Richard T. Bennett tag. Wish I could be there when you pull them out of the water! Sunday, 5th March 2023See today's front and back pages, download the newspaper, order back issues and use the historic Daily Express newspaper archive. As shipping traffic increased on the Great Lakes it was decidedthat a light was needed to guide ships safely thru the chain of islands at the entranceto Green Bay. Sanilac Shores also is the resting spot for the wreck of the Sport, a 57-foot steel-hulled tugboat that sank in a gale in December 1920. He mentioned this ship. They allegedly reached out to none other than the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte III to request funds. The Light was permanently deactivated and abandoned in 1995 and the old discarded lantern room laying on the ground was retrieved and used to restore the Sand Point Lighthouse ( you can see my post HERE). Fact; The legend first appeared in print in 1907 or 1910. Best wishes to Mr. Bennett and crew. Their hope is to prove that this is the ship that went missing for 343 years. Now, the celebrity part of the story. By some accounts the ship was discovered by Union forces and sunk near Poverty Island, while others say it was dashed upon the rocks while attempting to make a misguided night run, and yet another version says they were attacked by French pirates. They discovered the trunks while pulling up anchor, but before they could get it aboard, the anchor chain snapped and treasure and anchor were lost in the water.
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