US EditionBoy Discovers Shipwreck From 2 Centuries Ago in Canada
- In 2021, eight-year-old Lucas Atchison uncovered the remains of a shipwreck nearly two centuries old while using a metal detector during a family visit to a provincial park near Goderich in Ontario.
- Lucas found a steel spike attached to wood during a family trip, which his father initially thought was a common boat tie spike before recognizing its significance.
- The family reported the find to provincial park staff, who contacted the Ontario Marine Heritage Committee, leading to official excavations that began earlier in 2025.
- Marine archaeologist Scarlett Janusas noted the wreck’s double frames suggest a stronger-built wooden schooner, and researchers believe it could be the St. Anthony wrecked near Goderich in 1856.
- Scientists are documenting the wreck with detailed drawings and plan to rebury it in an oxygen-free environment to preserve it from decay and biological damage.
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8-Year-Old Finds a Shipwreck
A metal detector turned out to be quite the birthday gift for a Canadian 8-year-old—he seems to have found a nearly two-century-old shipwreck. Back in 2023, Lucas Atchison was testing out his new acquisition at Point Farms Provincial Park, along the shores of Lake Huron in Ontario, when he...
Boy discovers shipwreck from 2 centuries ago
Related video: Wreck of ship that sank in 1940 found in Lake Superior (NewsNation) — A boy in Canada made an amazing discovery of a shipwreck from nearly two centuries ago, reports say. Back in 2023, Lucas Atchison, age 8 at the time, was on a family trip to Point Farms Provincial Park in Ontario when he found a small steel spike with his metal detector, a birthday gift. The spike was found attached to a piece of wood and had several more spikes…
Boy, 8, discovers shipwreck from 2 centuries ago in Canada
Related video: Wreck of ship that sank in 1940 found in Lake Superior (NewsNation) — A boy in Canada made an amazing discovery of a shipwreck from nearly two centuries ago, reports say. Back in 2023, Lucas Atchison, age 8 at the time, was on a family trip to Point Farms Provincial Park in Ontario when he found a small steel spike with his metal detector, a birthday gift. The spike was found attached to a piece of wood and had several more spikes…
Boy discovers shipwreck from 2 centuries ago in Canada
Related video: Wreck of ship that sank in 1940 found in Lake Superior (NewsNation) — A boy in Canada made an amazing discovery of a shipwreck from nearly two centuries ago, reports say. Back in 2023, Lucas Atchison, age 8 at the time, was on a family trip to Point Farms Provincial Park in Ontario when he found a small steel spike with his metal detector, a birthday gift. The spike was found attached to a piece of wood and had several more spikes…
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