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The Great Lakes’ Most Hunted Shipwreck Has Been Missing Since 1679
In 1679 a French ship loaded with furs sailed east into Lake Michigan and vanished. Le Griffon is still the most hunted shipwreck on the Great…
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The Daily Stamp Tuesday, July 21, 2026
Why this story today: The 1679 disappearance of Le Griffon near the Garden Peninsula gives readers a documented, place-specific Great Lakes mystery that is still being searched for more than three centuries later.
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Edition note: Tuesday U.P.-wide edition: the Le Griffon shipwreck mystery leads, followed by Henry Ford's Alberta company town, Yooperlites on Lake Superior beaches, and the Lake Gogebic stagecoach robbery. Optional clip omitted because none of the four selected article bodies contains a YouTube link.