"Surprising Shipwreck Discoveries: From 152-Year-Old Find to Octopus Mistake"

A Wisconsin fisherman, Tim Wollak, accidentally discovered a 152-year-old shipwreck while fishing with his daughter in Green Bay. Initially assuming it was nothing special, Wollak later learned the significance of his find and identified it as the wreck of a barkentine ship called the George L. Newman. The ship ran aground during the Great Peshtigo Fire in 1871 and had been largely forgotten over time. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources gathered video footage of the wreck, but its identity has not been fully confirmed. Wollak is thrilled to have made the discovery with his daughter and is proud that she played a part in finding it.