Now they're retired in Charlevoix, a four-hour boat ride from the dive site that they hope will someday disprove thenaysayers. Reuters. I would love to be there when this particular treasure is found and recovered. The wreckage, however, suggests the storm was the most feasible theory. Legend says the Island is the final resting place of four chests of gold once sent by the French to the Confederate Army during the Civil War. As long as I have those things working for me, Ill probably continue to do it. In 2001, a famous Great Lakes shipwreck hunter, Steve Libert, claimed her wreck in Northern Lake Michigan near Poverty Island. Pounded to pieces, the ship eventually sank. It wouldn't be the only supposed lost treasure said to lurk down in the depths of the Great lakes and it surely makes one wonder. April 30, 2019. Learn how your comment data is processed. . The Liberts say the wreck lies near tiny, uninhabited Poverty Island, part of a chain of islands that runs southwest into Lake Michigan from Michigan's Upper Peninsula. I for one started before we had any formal search devices, side scan, GPS that sort of equipment. Half an hour later, the ship listed to its port side, and passengers trapped below . Richard, are you still looking for the treasure? If 85 th st went though, we wouldnt t have had a back yard. Hopefully they do some side-scan sonar on it and they can get to the Bottom of the story! It is believed to be the location of a treasure of five chests filled with gold bullion and coins worth today around $400 million. (1,509 ft 2 in) off Poverty Island, Michigan on 21 April 1984. The legend of Poverty Island gold had long been told among those who followed maritime stories and enjoyedtales about lost treasure. Many theories and speculations arose and while the date is often wrong (some sources state that the event . (The program is free to the public but advance registration is required; search under calendar.rhpl.org, move the cursor to May 12 and click on "Solving the First Great Lakes Maritime Mystery."). Biology, nature, and cryptozoology still remain Brent Swancers first intellectual loves. JavaScript is disabled. It may be difficult to identify the wreckage with 100% certainty, but park service officials said the Savannah is a top contender among Fire Island's known shipwrecks. Location: Michigan Very interesting story. 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. The Poverty Island Treasure story has been arranged and rearranged with the same slim two sentences or at most a few paragraphs. At 3 a.m. on September 19, 1933, a sudden wind blew the vessel onto the rocky shore of Lake Michigan's Poverty Island. Stozicki said she contacted the Liberts after a patron left her a program from the Charlevoix Public Library, where Steve Libert spoke in November. Sailors and divers have had odd experiences near this wreck. Poverty Island is a small island in the U.S. state of Michigan. The ship was constructed and launched on Cayuga Creek on the Niagara River as a seven-cannon, 45-ton barque. If they survive 100 years, they probably have an 80, 85% chance of being true.. So coming in the back door was longer, but had higher odds of succeeding. Privacy | Terms | DCMA | FAQ. Behrens and his crew of four escaped and took refuge on Poverty Island. in shallow water near Poverty Island and Summer Island. There is a reason why this book is accruate if not so well definded. JUDES CHILDRENS HOSPITAL /GOOD LUCK to all Treasure Hunters Everywhere. 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). 10. had a conversation with a salvage captain out of green bay many years ago whos father hunted for this treasure. A hard-luck ship: 6 lives were lost in a boiler explosion, 1871; sank in Welland Canal, 1872; major fires in 1880, 1892, 1898, 1899 and 1906, sank on Lake Superior [Portage Canal] in 1906. . Id love to join Mr Bennett and help with the salvage, Im. Covid microchip developer says there's no stopping roll-out, Covid warning as another new variant with '46 mutations' infects 12. As for the Griffon? In the 1930s, there was also the story of a Karl Jesson, who was the son of the Poverty Island lighthouse keeper. Thegroup's search team has discoveredseveral shipwrecks, including that of the 172-foot schooner-barge Atlanta, found just last yearand deemed "still beautiful after 130 years on the bottom of Lake Superior" by society Executive Director Bruce Lynn. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Rick Lagina and the team set out on a highly anticipated dive operation to find evidence of a shipwreck, in this clip from Season 9, "The Hedden Truth."Tuesd. Is there a fortune worth of gold lying out there just waiting to be found? According to the boy, a storm hit that night, and the salvage ship sank with all the men on board. Subscribe for new episodes announcements, latest news, featured cases, and more! Years later, he was shipwrecked off the coast of Texas and killed in 1687 by mutinous soldiers, according to historians cited by the Liberts. They must have a source where it could be integrated into a normal flow of gold supplies. Its an individual achievement. If they survive 100 years, they probably have an 80, 85% chance of being true. 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. If you need a hand, let me know. Theislandis within Delta County in Lake Michigan and is home to thePoverty IslandLight Station, an abandoned lighthouse which is in disrepair. On November 2, 1933, Behrens filed a "Record of Casualties to Vessel." imagine a case of whitworth rifles, ahhhh. The wreck was found near Poverty Island on Lake Michigan, almost 350 years after it vanished. Despite that belief, there is a story that a group of sailors might have accidentally snagged one of the trunks in 1929. The plausible theory is that during the Civil War, a shipment of gold from Napoleon Bonaparte was being transported thru the great lakes down the Mississippi to fund the Confederate army. I Agree With You Jean Anne Arden Ah Am A Little Bit Speechless If That Were Me I Would Display It In The Museum! Despite that belief, there is a story that a group of sailors might have accidentally snagged one of the trunks in 1929. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. There are many new facts that appear to support the legend. You are correct, people did believe the earth was flat. Bennett is the author of: 1) Deep Quest The Entry 2) The Sunken Treasure of Poverty Island 3) Island of Bones and the award recipient of: "It started with a junior high teacher, talking about early European explorers. When a Union ship began attacking, the captain had the crew throw the treasure chests overboard in the waters off poverty island, so the gold could not be . The leader of our scuba diving club dove many times looking for the gold with no luck. Exposed timbers of the Twelvemile Island wreck (NPS Photo) SEAC and the Submerged Resources Center (SRC), in conjunction with the Slave Wrecks Project, were part of a federal, state, university, and private sector team assessing a reporter's claim that the wreck of the Clotilda - the last known ship to bring enslaved people to the U.S. from Africa -had been discovered near Mobile. After a few days, filming was concluded. You know the house big and very old on Lisbon Do you really think it s there? History: Richard Bennett, a professional diver and . That's a lot of our country," Steve Libert said. This is where different versions of the story begin to branch off from the main narrative. I remember when we were working on raising the Alvin Clark from Green Bay Wisc.someone took our buoy off. According to the legend, the French emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte III, secretly dispatched a shipment of gold across the Atlantic to Canada. Now, the celebrity part of the story. We're just hoping and praying, if we could find one of those in the sand somewhere, that would prove everything," she said. La Salle named the shipLe Griffon, after the mythical creature whose body of a lion has the head and wings of an eagle. By early 1864 the Union blockade was so strong only one in three blockade runners made it though. This wreck is unusual for being buried entirely in the sandit's now stranded about a quarter mile away from shore. "Adventures on Forty-one Islands: Island No. Poverty Island lighthouse. Some is better than none, and you sleep well at night. I have read the above comments and hope to provide you a feature movie someday. Spending years building long running, fast boats he could outrun the storm in, once getting to the island from Traverse City area. At any rate it was lost. Soshe joined his quest,although she is unable to dive with him because she has had a perforated eardrum since childhood. 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. Its like being the first man to climb a mountain. Additionally, this particular shipwreck is well-known, can be clearly seen on aerial imagery internet sites, and has been visited by state authorities.". Dreamers are also doers, thats also how inventions are born. When we started it was dead-reckoning each time we went out. The ship log might also contain information regarding the treasure. 'The Poverty Island Treasure Brief' can be found at. The wreck believed to be the Griffin was found near Poverty Island on Lake Michigan. find one that is plausible for you and do the research. An estimated 500 to 1,000 vessels fell victim to its whims, mostly in the 18th and 19th Centuries. The Liberts haveno children, so, in effect, the Griffon is their child. There are always five chests, and its always the same scenario., Records of 1863 shipwrecks are well preserved. Beacons in the Night, Michigan Lighthouse Chronology, Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University. Sunday, 5th March 2023See today's front and back pages, download the newspaper, order back issues and use the historic Daily Express newspaper archive. Data on another 4,981 ships were . Richard T. Bennett, Master Scuba Diver Trainer presents the legendary story The Sunken Treasure of Poverty Island, a treasure that has haunted diving treasure hunters since the first documented report in 1904. Shipwrecks is a short novel translated from the Japanese by Mark Ealey. In the 1860s, this place was in the middle of a huge boom in maritime shipping and commerce, as the area has many steel mills and was connected to the booming Peninsula Railroad. The sunken salvage ship Captain Lawrence from 1933 was discovered in 1993 and found not to contain the gold. Links: Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! 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. My grandfather spent half of his life after coming home from WWII with a friend in Benzonia, MI. The beleaguered South, strapped for capital, put out a desperate call for relief to France. I think it was cases of rifles, now they would be contraband. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. 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. 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. Above in this page talked about the sea stories he heard as a young man. Marty and Rick Lagina meet in the War Room with Matty Blake and Gary Drayton to review and discuss the future of the most compelling treasure hunts they've explored so far "Beyond Oak Island." (New) Beyond Oak Island S3 Episode 3 The Riches of Poverty Island, October 11, 2022 8:59 pm - 10:03 pm. But there was no ship below, only hard-packed claylike sediment extending to bedrock 20 feet down. The advantage today is the sophisticated equipment available for such endeavors its available however not inexpensive. Asked about the couple's claims, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources was quick to dismiss them. Their hope is to prove that this is the ship that went missing for 343 years. A bowsprit discovered a few miles away in 2001 is another part of the . As he was pulling the chests up, one of the chests opened and the gold spilled to the bottom but he got four chests.When the person who wrote the story in the eighties tried to find the bartender on Washington Island to confirm the story he was long gone. The Coronado shipwreck is located south of Hotel del Coronado, a historic hotel in San Diego, in front of the El Camino Tower of the Coronado Shores condos. I often wonder if they thought it was round. The ship was left stranded there in 1981, on the beach known as Valtaki. The director, Michael Palazzolo, arrived and scouted out the county for filming locations. FOR MORE DOOR COUNTY NEWS: Check out our homepage. Richard Bennett, a professional diver and author, has spent more than 20 years and $100,000 of his own money searching for the sunken fortune: Any story that survives 100 years has to have some validity to it. 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. Father Louis Hennepin said it was lost in a violent storm. What about one of those small manned submarines?? "I'm an independent historian, and I thought our patrons would be interested," said Stozicki, who is president of the Rochester-Avon Historical Society. The island is within Delta County in Lake Michigan and is home to the Poverty Island Light Station, an abandoned lighthouse which is in disrepair. DON'T MISS:Mountain range disappeared into Yellowstone supervolcano magma chamber[INSIGHT]Scientists stunned at 'perfect' Ice Age discovery: 'Could have died[REVEALED]Mary Rose breakthrough: Ship was 'six minutes from being saved'[QUOTES]. The orginal 8 minute program was cut to 6 minutes because the program was moved into their 200th Anniversary Show. I have been fascinated by treasure hunting all my life whether on land or sea its addictive. Steve is scheduled to talk about the couple's lifelong questand sign booksat 7 p.m. Thursday at the Rochester Hills Public Library. During its voyage, the ship was discovered and chased. History: Richard Bennett, a professional diver and author of 'The Poverty Island Sunken Treasure Brief', has spent over forty-five years and $100,000 of his own money searching for a Civil War treasure in Lake Michigan. Im a commercial fishermen and own many boats that could be very useful in the search. People believed the earth was flat for longer than that. Bring anything up remotely resembling an item from a shipwreck and they'll seize everything. Download our app for the latest ]. The big questions is has anyone else found it and recovered it and kept there mouth shut. They did manage to find chains diving on a ledge about 80 down. Good luck and if you find a treasure invite me to the party. She was 26 feet wide and 105 feet long and stood 60 feet off the bottom. Prominent historians and shipwreck experts in Michigan doubt the Liberts' claim. It was late August in 1994 when the crew of "Unsolved Mysteries" arrived, and the county was ready for them. 2023 Copyright. In 1929, a ship passing nearby allegedly snagged something deep down in the water, which when dredged up proved to be the legendary string of chests. Yet the battle to find The Griffin has been riddled with issues. His research on the subject led him to conclude that The Captain Lawrence had been searching for the legendary treasure at the time of the shipwreck, and he hypothesized that the ship was "an important key" to locating the gold. 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). Nevertheless, Bennett is quite confident that he is very close to the treasure. "That's when I learned about his attachment to the Griffon, and really to the Great Lakes and all shipwrecks," she said. Or how many times they dived on each trip there. The Old abandoned Lighthouse, thats on my Bucket List of places to photograph, looks over the waters where treasure chests full of gold were tossed overboard into Lake Michigan. According to Mr and Mrs Libert, The Griffin is a good match for wreckage found in 2018 near Poverty Island, Lake Michigan. Mr and Mrs Libert claim The Griffin matches wreckage found in 2018 near Poverty Island in Lake Michigan. That in itself is rewarding. In 1679, La Salle ordered his ship built in the wilderness above the great falls, launchingLe Griffon five months later in early May. 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. Similarly, in 2014, treasure hunters Kevin Dykstra and Frederick J. Monroe claimed the discovery of the wreck near Frankfort, Michigan. Door County is also known for are shipwrecks, Death's Door and legends We are confident the ship was wrecked due to a severe storm. Are 5 chests of gold under Lake Michigan? Feltner believes that the legend of the treasure is a good story, but holds no truth: Records of shipwrecks on the great lakes in the year 1863 are extremely good. Poverty Islandis currently owned by the federal government. In 1994, a TV program investigated the Door County legend that $400 million in gold lies submerged near Poverty Island. Dimitrios Shipwreck, Mani peninsula, Peloponnese. The story ends with the bartender living in Hawaii and owning his own construction company. The Poverty Island Wildfire ignited June 26, 2016 by a lighting strike on a 200 square-acre island off Michigan's Garden Peninsula in Lake Michigan. It sank in the North Atlantic Ocean during its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City on April 14th, 1912. I wrote a screenplay about a scuba accident and it was the thing sleepless nights are made of. "Kids should know, this is the guy who claimed all the land that became the Louisiana Purchase. Courtesy Steve Libert "Probably 99 percent of that . People are dumb. June 27, 2022; how to get infinite lingots in duolingo; chegg payment options; poverty island shipwreck . Subscribe Today! The ship lays upside down in 80 feet of water and rises 25 feet from the bottom. Dear Richard, Ive also have read, years ago, in newspapers about the five sunken treasure chests linked together in bottom of Lake Michigan. The sunken salvage ship Captain Lawrence from 1933 was discovered in 1993 and found not to contain the gold. The delivery came down the St. Lawrence River between the United States and Canada and into Lake Michigan en route to Chicago, but somehow, the Union became aware of the delivery and attacked the boat. The story was convincing enough that several treasure hunters had tried and failed to find the reputed five or more chests of gold supposedly located somewhere on the islands coastline. The ship disappeared with all six crew members and its cargo of furs on its return trip . At the time, one of the favorite routes of vessels making their runs was to take the Poverty Island Passage, between Poverty and the Gull Islands, as it was considered to be a sort of short cut, although this was balanced out by the dangers caused by the many shoals of the area. However, Richard believes that there would be no record because the treasure was brought during a clandestine operation. VIRTUAL MUSEUM Shipwrecks: A Deep Look Lost & Found Unsolved Mysteries Artifact Collection. The action steadily rises, but Bodeen . The Lagina brothers, Rick and Marty . Those have been around since the story broke into the diving industry by Skin Diver Magazine in 1969. Hahahahahaha Even better than the equipment is luck Mel Fisher had this and it made him very successful where others failed. Mr Libert said: The ship has no indications of fire damage to the wooden remains. enter your email address, I promise I won't send you any spam, I hate spam, its just an automated system that lets you know there is a new post, You must be logged in to post a comment, Enter your Email to receive new posts notifications, If you like this post click on the buttons to share with your friends, Lost In Michigan books are ON SALE this weekend, The Mystery of Poverty Islands Sunken Treasure Chests, The Lonely Lighthouse Keeper and the Dahlia, The Two Sisters and the Magical Little Island Near Detroit. Contact me if your interested Mr Bennett. Dimitrios Shipwreck. Furious winds and lightning-swift currents have spawned a graveyard of sunken ships and over the years, intriguing tales of lost treasure. Often, we likely went over the same spot or at least part of the same spot. It disappeared with a crew of six on its maiden voyage in 1679 after La Salle had disembarked near the mouth of Wisconsin's Green Bay. Poverty Island is a small island in the U.S. state of Michigan. Various seasons available now on Hulu. In either event, the chests of gold never arrived. One crew braved overcast skies and choppy waters to venture out to Poverty Island and film underwater terrain while another film crew worked just north of Cana Island. News", Beaver Islands State Wildlife Research Area, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Poverty_Island&oldid=1140233398, Upper Peninsula, Michigan geography stubs, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 19 February 2023, at 03:07. You are using an out of date browser. Only the daring apply. It is only a speck of rocky land just east of Wisconsin, surrounded by the chilly waters of Lake Michigan. They lie in shallow water and in the deepest . Maybe somebody will find that ship someday,'and he touched me on the shoulder.". 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." Dean Anderson, the Michigan State Archeologist, examined the object, an alleged "bowsprit," and determined it to be a fishing net stake. That sounds a little like maybe he found it and just sort of slipped away. Will Richard Bennett ever find the Poverty Island treasure? sure some funds would help with equipment. The area is very treacherous. Ever since, it has remained one of Americas most notorious maritime mysteries. Loaded with furs in what's now Wisconsin, the Griffon was said to have sunksomewherein northern Lake Michigan in 1679. The State of Michigan continues to prevent an in-depth excavation. Never found, the island is a place of intrigue. . For at least one determined treasure hunter it is very real indeed, and time will only tell if there is anything to it or not. The Liberts arewell-known in northern Michigan for their decades-long campaign to find the Griffon, but this week's talk is Steve's first appearance in metro Detroit. Covert projects rely on the uncommon. Fee will invest in luck. I live on the garden peninsula a few miles north of poverty island and have always been intrigued by the story. By Hannah Pennington, Published on Jul 28, 2022. The Owen's sinking took the akes freighter that sank near Outer Island in the Apostle Islands, Lake Superior, in the Mataafa Storm on 28 November 1905. Richard Bennett. It's an exciting story of missing treasurepassed down through time, a tale that is intriguing and, well, maybetrue. of that ship will never leat that trezer leave the merky deps of the water The other nearby wreckage, meanwhile, had been dated to between 1632 and 1982. the souls of the sukin ship dont want the trezer found and lotid so the souls This might seem like wishful thinking until you realize that in that era France coveted the steady cotton crop they received from the South, something it was thought would be disrupted with a Union victory. In the end, America learned about the legend of Poverty Island, yet nothing except the excitement of celebrity really changed. They want what theyve found preserved. What say you, Mate. Beat of luck be safe and careful. 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 . The Great Lakes have provided transportation for Michigan's inhabitants for hundreds of years. Thats the legend. 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. Suddenly, a storm descended on them, almost as if to deny them the treasure. Any story that survives 100 years has to have some validity to it. said a Chicago man named Frank Pea spent three summers in the late 1930s and early 1940s exploring the depths around Poverty Island with a ship named the St. Lawrence and a diving bell. I spent my summers for 57 years snorkeling swimming and fishing in bay de noc. Best wishes to Mr. Bennett and crew. Bennett has devised an ingenious underwater sled to comb the murky . How deep is it?? From then on, Steve's obsession grew. He had dreams of becoming a basketball star on the very street he just visited. It is near tiny Poverty Island in northwestern Lake Michigan and about 50 feet below the water's surface. The Griffon had seven cannons, according to old French records, Kathie said. Local talent was used as the story was played out. 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. Those have been around since the story broke into the diving industry by Skin Diver Magazine in 1969. It's the oldest mystery on the Great Lakes: Whatever happened to the Griffon? You can unsubscribe at any time. In the early 1920s,a freighter ran aground on Poverty Island. Never give upand God go with you! Rumors were that the bartender found the gold. Pounded to pieces, the ship eventually sank. To reach Zakynthos, you can fly directly from Athens or take a ferry from Kyllini on the mainland. His belief in the treasure has been bolstered by Steve Harrington, a maritime historian, but another historian, Chuck Feltner, debates the veracity of the treasure since there is no record of a ship sinking there despite flawlessly kept records of ships lost on Lake Michigan. I've been itching to get into wreck diving and searching, and up here in Minnesota, I was hoping to start soon. No new facts were discovered during filming,nor was any gold. Its cold. As a result, Libert has been diving intermittently in the Poverty Island vicinity since 1983. The Griffin is then said to have become a ghost ship, with the crew apparently heard chanting as she sails among the clouds on moonlit evenings. Is the treasure of Poverty Island real, or is it just myth and legend? According to Richard Bennett, a young boy named Karly Jesson, whose father was the local lighthouse keeper, was said to have watched the salvage operation for three consecutive summers: One day, he was sitting on the rocks watching this operation, and there was a lot of rejoicing, revelryobviously a real congratulatory party that was going on, on the ship.. The bowsprit is believed to have broken off before the rest of the ship sank. [1] The island is within Delta County in Lake Michigan and is home to the Poverty Island Light Station, an abandoned lighthouse which is in disrepair.
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