Ben Dobbin
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/ 12 December 2006

Ship that sank in 1849 found upright in lake

A 19th-century commercial sailing ship has been found sitting upright with its twin masts still intact in deep, frigid waters off the southern shore of Lake Ontario. ”It’s not unheard of to have well-preserved ships, but this one is in so good a shape,” a shipwreck explorer said on Monday. ”It almost looks like it could be floated.”