Lac La Belle carried 53 passengers and crew when it encountered a fierce storm in mid-October 1872. Eight people died.
Friday that a team led by shipwreck hunter Paul Ehorn found the Lac La Belle about 20 miles offshore between Racine and Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Hunters recently located the 217-foot steamer that went down in October 1872, after a quest that began almost 60 years ago.
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