...with another wreck near Escanaba, Michigan, also …
Years: 1679 - 1679
September
...with another wreck near Escanaba, Michigan, also proposed.
Le Griffon, the second in a string of thousands of ships that will go to rest on the bottom of the Great Lakes, is mistakenly called the first ship to be lost to the Great Lakes.
The first ship was another built by La Salle, called the Frontenac, a ten-ton single-decked brigantine or barque.
The Frontenac had been lost in Lake Ontario, on January 8, 1679.
Le Griffon may have been found recently by the Great Lakes Exploration Group but the potential remains are the subject of lawsuits involving the discoverers, the state of Michigan, the U.S. federal government and the government of France.
Locations
People
Groups
- Wyandot, or Wendat, or Huron people (Amerind tribe)
- Odawa, or Ottawa, people (Amerind tribe)
- Potawatomi (Amerind tribe)
- New France (French Colony)
- France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of
Topics
- North American Fur Trade
- Colonization of the Americas, French
- Beaver Wars, or French and Iroquois Wars
Commodoties
Subjects
- Commerce
- Watercraft
- Labor and Service
- Conflict
- Exploration
- Faith
- Government
- Technology
- Mystery
- Finance
