The work that we're doing here today as part of the national marine sanctuary really has
a rippling effect. To know that there are still discoveries to be made here in the
depths of Lake Huron that will have interest to people around the world.
The schooner Ironton had seven crew on board,
and unfortunately it was a tragic loss and five of the sailors did go down with the
ship. Two sailors survived and were able to to give the account of the sinking.
Finding a shipwreck is an outrageously exciting moment, when you're seeing it for the first time.
And as the silhouette of something appears out of the darkness and seeing it really is a moment
of discovery. We can use the excitement of these shipwrecks, the thrill of discovery,
to really introduce people to the Great Lakes and and tell them how special they are.