‘Pile of lumber’: Kootenay Lake shipwreck explored by humans for 1st time since 1997
The vessel's whereabouts were unknown until 1990, when it was found at a depth of 110 metres. Since 1997, only submersibles have made the venture.
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‘Pile of lumber’: Kootenay Lake shipwreck explored by humans for 1st time since 1997

The vessel's whereabouts were unknown until 1990, when it was found at a depth of 110 metres. Since 1997, only submersibles have made the venture.

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‘Pile of lumber’: Kootenay Lake shipwreck explored by humans for 1st time since 1997

The vessel's whereabouts were unknown until 1990, when it was found at a depth of 110 metres. Since 1997, only submersibles have made the venture.

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Plans afoot to raise wrecked ship that may have left B.C. with millions in gold aboard

The 225-foot paddlewheeler went down off the coast of Washington state on the rainy night of Nov. 4, 1875, en route from Victoria to San Francisco.

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