Father-Daughter Fishing Trip on Lake Michigan Results in Major Historical Discovery

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A man and his daughter were fishing on Lake Michigan over the summer when they discovered a shipwreck believed to be more than 150 years old.

Tim Wollak and his 6-year-old daughter, Henley, were fishing on Lake Michigan over the summer when their sonar picked up something strange, WLUK-TV reported.

Wollak posted the sonar images on Facebook, catching the attention of the Wisconsin Historical Society.

“We went back to our database to see if there was anything reported in the area, and we didn’t have anything,” said Tamara Thomsen, a maritime archaeologist for the Wisconsin Historical Society.

“However, in the database we have information on historic losses, and this fits the loss location of the George L. Newman” she continued.

The society announced in a Facebook post on Dec. 11 that an underwater remote vehicle surveyed the site, confirming that the object was indeed a three-masted sailing ship.

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