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3,000-year-old canoe found in Wisconsin's Lake Mendota is the oldest ever found in Great Lakes region

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Wisconsin Historical Society maritime archaeologists recovered a 3,000-year-old dugout canoe from Lake Mendota in Madison, Wisconsin. The canoe is carved from a single piece of white oak and measures approximately 14.5 feet in length. Radiarbon dating performed on the canoe places it to 1000 B.C., making it the oldest ever discovered in the Great Lakes region.

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