tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29650647.post-1152478626831605572006-07-09T16:48:00.000-04:002006-07-21T19:24:28.123-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Beach Treasure</span><br />I think everyone loves to walk the beach and discover beach treasure...... and this spring I hit the jackpot! Two shipwrecks from the late 1800's, one on the Empire Beach and a second wreck on the beach about a mile from Glen Haven, going south around Sleeping Bear Point.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4664/3164/1600/P1010001aweb.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4664/3164/200/P1010001aweb.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>The Empire wreck (to the left) is very visible at the shoreline. Local authorities believe that it is either the James McBride or the Jennie and Annie.<br />The James McBride sank near Sleeping Bear Point in 1857. She was a wood two-masted Brig bound from the Manitou Islands to Chicago with a cargo of wood when she was forced ashore by a storm and wrecked. The Jennie and Annie was a wooden schooner lost in 1872 just north of Empire after being driven aground in a gale.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4664/3164/1600/IMG_1910web.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 119px; height: 89px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4664/3164/200/IMG_1910web.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />The shipwreck remains I found on the Sleeping Bear Point beach area are thought to be the General Taylor (photo to right), a wooden steam driven ship lost in 1862, driven aground by a storm, with no lives lost.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4664/3164/1600/wreck1997web.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 96px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4664/3164/200/wreck1997web.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></div> Back in 1979 I think I came across the same shipwreck, only a lot more of the wood was out of the water. (left photo)<br /><div style="text-align: center;">While a week or so ago friends could hardly find any sign of the shipwreck.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4664/3164/1600/ruth1web.2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 67px; height: 75px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4664/3164/200/ruth1web.2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Seems like Lake Michigan is reclaiming the ship for now. Who knows what I'll find next year.<br />So I will keep on enjoying my beach walks, enriching my soul with beauty and serenity and always on the lookout for that next treasure.<br /><br />We'd love to hear about your beach walking experiences while you were visiting Duneswood, Write your comments to us.<br /></div></div><br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29650647-115247862683160557?l=duneswoodconnections.blogspot.com'/></div>duneswoodconnectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15072325558362588624noreply@blogger.com1