The boats uncovered, however are relatively intact. They include a steam-powered dredge believed to have been used to dig a canal, a steam ship whose remains are scattered across a mile and a half, a wooden motorized canoe, an early 1900s catfishing boat with a large one-cylinder engine and a fifth boat so badly decayed it is hard to determine its purpose.
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Finding human remains and artifacts in Lake Okeechobee
Really interesting story today covered by Fox News on Florida Drought Exposes Old Debris in Lake Okeechobee. Archaeologists are rushing to try to discover as much as possible at least 17 sites because the recent drought in Florida has exposed areas up to a mile and a half wide in some part that have been underwater for possibly over a thousand years. According to the news piece they've found some interesting things:
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