US EditionBoy Discovers Shipwreck From 2 Centuries Ago in Canada
- During a 2023 vacation near Goderich, Ontario, eight-year-old Lucas Atchison used a metal detector to uncover the remains of a shipwreck nearly two centuries old at Point Farms Park.
- Lucas found a steel spike attached to wood, prompting his family to notify provincial park staff and the Ontario Marine Heritage Committee for further investigation.
- Researchers began excavations in 2025, creating detailed drawings and examining structural features that suggest the wreck is a wooden two-masted schooner with double frames.
- Marine historians believe the shipwreck may belong to the St. Anthony, a wooden schooner that sank in 1856 carrying a cargo of wheat near Goderich, Ontario, roughly four miles from the site where the wreckage was found.
- To preserve the fragile wreckage, archaeologists plan to rebury it in an oxygen-free environment, protecting it from organisms that cause decay.
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8-Year-Old Finds a Shipwreck
A metal detector turned out to be quite the birthday gift for a Canadian 8-year-old—he seems to have found a nearly two-century-old shipwreck. Back in 2023, Lucas Atchison was testing out his new acquisition at Point Farms Provincial Park, along the shores of Lake Huron in Ontario, when he...
Boy discovers shipwreck from 2 centuries ago
Related video: Wreck of ship that sank in 1940 found in Lake Superior (NewsNation) — A boy in Canada made an amazing discovery of a shipwreck from nearly two centuries ago, reports say. Back in 2023, Lucas Atchison, age 8 at the time, was on a family trip to Point Farms Provincial Park in Ontario when he found a small steel spike with his metal detector, a birthday gift. The spike was found attached to a piece of wood and had several more spikes…
Boy, 8, discovers shipwreck from 2 centuries ago in Canada
Related video: Wreck of ship that sank in 1940 found in Lake Superior (NewsNation) — A boy in Canada made an amazing discovery of a shipwreck from nearly two centuries ago, reports say. Back in 2023, Lucas Atchison, age 8 at the time, was on a family trip to Point Farms Provincial Park in Ontario when he found a small steel spike with his metal detector, a birthday gift. The spike was found attached to a piece of wood and had several more spikes…
Boy discovers shipwreck from 2 centuries ago in Canada
Related video: Wreck of ship that sank in 1940 found in Lake Superior (NewsNation) — A boy in Canada made an amazing discovery of a shipwreck from nearly two centuries ago, reports say. Back in 2023, Lucas Atchison, age 8 at the time, was on a family trip to Point Farms Provincial Park in Ontario when he found a small steel spike with his metal detector, a birthday gift. The spike was found attached to a piece of wood and had several more spikes…
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