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Search for War of 1812 Shipwrecks
Nearly two hundred years after the War of 1812, shipwrecks from the war remain in the bed of the Great Lakes, and two IUP professors are setting out to find them.
Researchers search for War of 1812 Shipwrecks in the Great Lakes
Indiana University of Pennsylvania | Finding War of 1812 Shipwrecks in the Great Lakes | 12-07-2011
The Great Lakes were a crucial battle zone for the United States and Great Britain during the War of 1812, with each side racing to build a superior fleet of military vessels.
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Dr. Katie Farnsworth, IUP Geoscience Department, and Dr. Ben Ford, Anthropology Department, are preparing for a June survey of the Black River Bay, in the northeast corner of Lake Ontario, to find and identify two shipwrecks. They received $14,888 from the National Geographic Society in support of their research project.
Farnsworth and Ford will search for a frigate called the Mohawk, a product of the naval arms race between the Americans and the British, and an unnamed gunboat designed for amphibious attacks and harassing British shipping. They chose these vessels, Ford said, because he has data suggesting the gunboat’s location and reason to believe the Mohawk is within a few miles of it.
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