"A shipwreck hunter and scuba diver named Paul Ehorn made the discovery after having searched for the Lac La Belle passenger steamer for nearly 60 years. Shipwreck World, a group that works to locate shipwrecks around the globe, announced on Friday that the team led by Ehorn found the wreck about 20 miles (32km) offshore between Racine and Kenosha, Wisconsin."
"He used a clue from fellow wreck hunter and author Ross Richardson in 2022 to narrow down his search grid and found the ship using side-scan sonar after just two hours on the lake, he said. It's kind of a game, like solve the puzzle. Sometimes you don't have many pieces to put the puzzle together but this one worked out and we found it right away, he said. The finding left him super elated."
Paul Ehorn located the Lac La Belle wreck about 20 miles (32 km) offshore between Racine and Kenosha, Wisconsin. The discovery followed nearly 60 years of searching by Ehorn, who began hunting shipwrecks at age 15. The team delayed public announcement to include a three-dimensional video model, but poor weather and scheduling postponed additional dives until the following summer. A clue from fellow wreck hunter Ross Richardson in 2022 narrowed the search grid and side-scan sonar revealed the vessel after about two hours on the lake. A commercial fisherman previously snagged an item tied to 1800s steamships. The Lac La Belle departed Milwaukee for Grand Haven in October 1872 with 53 people aboard.
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