Happy Holidays and welcome aboard this week's episode! Andrew and Michelle cover the wonderful yet tragic lore of the Rouse Simmons, the Christmas tree ship, and her beloved captain, Captain Herman "Santa" Schuenemann. The legacy of the Rouse Simmons lives on today with the USCGC Mackinaw making the same trip for the past 25 years. Tune in this week for some holiday cheer!

Sources:

https://shipwreckmuseum.com/visit/whitefish-point-light/#:~:text=Whitefish%20Point%20marks%20the%20eastern,the%20vicinity%20of%20Whitefish%20Point.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rouse_Simmons

https://www.pfri.uniri.hr/bopri/documents/05-ME-tal.pdf#:~:text=The%20tramp%20is%20an%20unspecialized%20type%20of,grain%2C%20coal%2C%20bauxite%2C%20phosphates%20and%20iron%20ore.

https://www.navsource.org/archives/12/179895.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simmons_Bedding_Company#:~:text=In%202012%2C%20Simmons%20and%20its,%2C%20LLC%20of%20Doraville%2C%20Georgia.

https://lakelandboating.com/the-modern-day-christmas-tree-ship/#:~:text=In%20fact%2C%20each%20year%20on,Schuenemann%20would%20have%20recognized.

https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2006/winter/christmas-tree.html#:~:text=The%2052%2Dton%2C%20two%2D,late%2Dseason%20Christmas%20trees%20runs.

https://seahistory.org/sea-history-for-kids/christmas-tree-ship-rouse-simmons/

https://www.wanderingeducators.com/best/stories/shipwrecks-great-lakes-rouse-simmons-christmas-tree-ship

https://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/syndicated/christmas-tree-ship-final-voyage-rouse-simmons-lake-michigan/

https://www.atlanticarea.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/District-9/Ninth-District-Staff/Prevention-Division/Cutters/MACKINAW/

Welcome aboard part two about Le Griffon, one of the most notorious Ghost Ships on the Great Lakes. Join Andrew and Michelle as they go through some potential occurrences that happened to cause the loss of this ship. Is it technically found? Is it still missing? Find out on this week's episode of Under the Waves!

Sources:

https://washingtonisland.com/le-griffon-the-griffin/#:~:text=Le%20Griffon%20is%20often%20mistakenly,and%20the%20government%20of%20France.

https://www.wisconsinshipwrecks.org/Vessel/Details/252?region=index#:~:text=may%20have%20looked-,1679,southern%20end%20of%20Lake%20Michigan.

https://www.greatlakesfisheriestrail.org/collection.asp?ait=jv&jid=19#:~:text=In%20the%20late%201700s%20the,used%20in%20the%20fur%20trade.

https://www.greatlakesexploration.com/steve-libert

https://doorcountypulse.com/the-search-for-la-salles-lost-ship-le-griffon-continues/#:~:text=Of%20the%20four%20vessels%20that,late%201686%20during%20a%20squall

https://doorcountypulse.com/holy-grail-great-lakes-le-griffon/

https://wdet.org/2021/05/21/possible-resting-place-of-great-lakes-most-iconic-shipwreck-unveiled-with-photos-and-new-book/#:~:text=The%20Griffin%20disappeared%20returning%20from,Garden%20Peninsula%20in%20Michigan's%20U.P.&text=Map%20dating%20to%20the%20late,academic%20researchers%20and%20French%20archeologists.

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2024/09/22/griffon-shipwreck-great-lakes-lake-michigan-steve-kathie-libert/74956091007/

https://divers24.com/the-legendary-1679-wreck-of-le-griffon-finally-found/

Hosts Andrew and Michelle dive into a history lesson regarding the making and build-up of Le Griffon. Le Griffon, now seen as a ghost ship, was the second European ship to sink on the Great Lakes following the Frontenac which was actually en route to and carrying supplies for the building of Le Griffon. Settle down to enjoy this step back in time and learn more about Le Griffon prior to her sinking... or disappearance? Find out next week. Anchors away!

Sources:

https://www.michiganseagrant.org/topics/great-lakes-fast-facts/lake-superior/

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/shield#:~:text=The%20Canadian%20Shield%20refers%20to,least%201%20billion%20years%20old.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9-Robert_Cavelier,_Sieur_de_La_Salle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Hennepin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Griffon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_de_Br%C3%A9hant_de_Galin%C3%A9e

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth_sounding#Sounding_Line

https://www.up.edu/garaventa/did-you-know/st-clare.html#:~:text=for%20us%20all.-,St.,known%20as%20the%20Poor%20Clares.

https://www.discoveryuk.com/mysteries/what-happened-to-the-lost-ship-le-griffon-and-was-it-ever-found/

https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/389?revision_id=244