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At long last, the SS James Carruthers is found in Lake Huron
We dive deep into Lake Huron to find the SS James Carruthers, which disappeared along with other vessels in a 1913 storm.
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The James Carruthers was a Canadian owned laker, launched in 1913. At 550 ft long, she was the longest on the Great Lakes at the time.
She was a victim of the White Hurricane of November 1913. She was discovered earlier this year by David Trotter, the well-known Michigan shipwreck hunter.
She is 190ft deep at the bottom of Lake Huron, about 20 miles southeast of Harbor Beach, on the Michigan Thumb. The Carruthers was the last wreck to be found of the eight that went to the bottom on Lake Huron during this storm
SS James Carruthers - Wikipedia
Great Lakes Storm of 1913 - Wikipedia
The storm was the deadliest and most destructive natural disaster to hit the Great Lakes in recorded history. More than 250 people were killed. Shipping was hard hit; nineteen ships were destroyed, and nineteen others were stranded.
