Wreckage of Schooner That Sank in 1893 Found in Lake Michigan

The stern of the sunken schooner Margaret A. Muir sits on the bottom of Lake Michigan near Algoma, Wis., on June 2, 2024. The schooner sank during a storm in September 1893. Searchers discovered the wreckage on May 12, 2024. Tamara Thomsen/Wisconsin Historical Society via AP

ALGOMA, Wis.—Marine archaeologists have discovered the wreckage of a schooner that sank in Lake Michigan in the late 1800s.

The Wisconsin Underwater Archaeology Association announced this month that its searchers found the Margaret A. Muir in 50 feet (15.2 meters) of water off Algoma, Wisconsin, on May 12.