Posted by Jennifer Hall on July 10, 19101 at 19:31:41:
In Reply to: Re: The Griffon (La Salles Ship) posted by Jim Koch on April 20, 19101 at 11:44:22:
A number of years ago (somewhere between 20 - 30 years, man how time flies) I remember seeing an article in one of the Ontario papers, possibly the Owen Sound Sun Times, regarding a gentleman from Tobermory, Ontario, Orrie Vail who claimed to have found pieces of the Griffon.
Try this link for an Ontario Historic Plaque site:
: : I am looking for information on this wreck.
: : Has it been found and if so where?
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: As far as I have heard, the Griffon has never been found.
: In fact, no one is quite sure where it sank.
: After the Lasalle left Green Bay, it simply disappeared.
: When Lasalle reached Quebec and discovered his boat had not returned, he launched an expedition to find it.
: I believe this search went on for nearly two years.
: Indian tribes all around the lakes were questioned and apparently the Griffon did not sail back down the Detroit River.
: So it wrecked or was destroyed in either Lake Michigan or Huron.
: There have been hull finds which are possible the Griffon, but none has been positively identified.