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In Lake Mendota, Wisconsin archaeologists discover the oldest canoe ever found in the Great Lakes region

23 September 2022

A group of divers from Madison, Wisconsin’s Lake Mendota emerged on Thursday carrying a remarkable piece of history for the...

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In a Wisconsin lake, archaeologists discover a 1,200-year-old dugout canoe

6 November 2021

Maritime archaeologists from the Wisconsin Historical Society have discovered a dugout wooden canoe in Lake Mendota, Wisconsin, USA. Carbon analysis...

In Lake Mendota, Wisconsin archaeologists discover the oldest canoe ever found in the Great Lakes region

In a Wisconsin lake, archaeologists discover a 1,200-year-old dugout canoe

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