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Group thinks it has found proof of 10,000-year-old, Ice Age culture in Straits of Mackinac
October 15, 2020 - A team of nonscientists may have inadvertently confirmed the most important finding in Great Lakes archaeology in at least a decade. The group, made up mostly of Native American tribal citizens, utilized a remote-operated underwater vehicle in the Straits of Mackinac to take a look at Enbridge's Line 5 oil and natural gas pipelines on the lake bottom.
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Michigan’s Underwater Stonehenge: Ancient Lake Huron Mystery
Skeptics point out that underwater currents, glacial movement, and erosion could account for the apparent arrangement. More speculative thinkers have added the site to the pantheon of so-called "ancient alien" landmarks, similar to Nazca Lines or Pumapunku. While the site is not open for tourism or diving, sonar imaging tours in nearby Grand Traverse Bay may reference the area. Petoskey Stones State Park – Explore geological marvels along the shore. Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum – Offers insights into underwater archaeology of the region.
Prehistoric Underwater Structure Beneath Lake Michigan & Lake Huron
I think this discovery, which is referenced within the article you posted, is even more interesting. It’s hypothesized to be a caribou drive lane, currently under 120 feet of water. https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/lakehuron-arch/research/pre-historic-archaeology-on-the-alpena-amberly-ridge/sites/the-drop-45-site/ More on reddit.com
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February 8, 2024How did the Great Lakes get their names?
Their "modern" names are early English and French translations of Algonquin and Iroquoian names. Lake Superior and Lake St. Clair comes from European names and not translations. Lake Ontario: Ontarí:io Wendat (Iroquoian), "Great Lake" Lake Erie: Erielhonan Iroquoian, "Long-Tail", it is named after the Iroquoian Erie tribe whom lived along the eastern and southern shores. Lake St. Clair: Named after St. Claire of Asisi by the French. Called Waawiyaataan(ong) by the Mississaugas, "(at) the whirlpool" Lake Huron: French name for the Wendat. Karegnondi "Freshwater Sea" or "Lake" in Wendat. Naadowewi-gichigami "Iroquois' Sea" or Gichi-aazhoogami-gichigami "Great Crosswaters Sea" in Ojibwe (Anishinaabeg) Lake Michigan: Mishi-gami Ojibwe, "Large Water" or "Large Lake". Another name is Ininwewi-gichigami Ojibwe, "Illinois' Sea"; named after the Illinois Confedeation, Illiniwek. Lake Superior: Lac Supérieur French, "Upper Lake"; Anishinaabewi-gichigami Ojibwe, "Anishinaabe's Great Sea" Note: The lakes have many different names in all of the Native American peoples of the Great Lakes, as well as French and English names and translations. If I missed anything or put any wrong information/names in, please lmk! Edit: Spelling More on reddit.com
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Ancient “Stonehenge” Discovered Beneath Lake Michigan - YouTube
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Ancient Hunting Camp Found Beneath Lake Huron – National Geographic Education Blog
February 12, 2019 - Map by NOAA GLERL ... The USA Today article reports that 9,000 years ago, water levels in Lake Huron were about 76 meters (250 feet) lower than they are today. The shallower lake exposed a hilly ridge where ancient Native Americans hunted caribou.
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An Atlantis might wait beneath the Great Lakes. And a group of nonscientists might have the proof.
October 14, 2020 - DETROIT — A team of nonscientists may have inadvertently confirmed the most important finding in Great Lakes archaeology in at least a decade. The group, made up mostly of Native American tribal citizens, utilized a remote-operated underwater vehicle in the Straits of Mackinac to take a look at Enbridge's Line 5 oil and natural gas pipelines on the lake bottom.
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How the Great Lakes Formed—And the Mystery of Who Watched It Happen
August 7, 2025 - Along with the other AAR hunting sites the team has identified, these structures are unique in the Great Lakes region—though similar hunting sites exist in the Arctic. “Nobody had any idea that people were using that hunting architecture in the Great Lakes,” says Lemke. “It’s only because it’s underwater that those hunting structures are preserved.
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Underwater panther - Wikipedia
3 days ago - Native American Indian Resources. Retrieved October 1, 2011. ... 1 2 Dewdney, Selwyn (1970). "Ecological Notes on the Ojibway Shaman-Artist". Arts Canada. 27: 21. mishipeshu, an underwater monster whose dragon-like tail could lash a lake into a vicious squall , or treacherously shift a current ...
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Underwater Archaeology in the Great Lakes: Working with the Community and a New Program : Advisory Council on Underwater Archaeology
This VR program was then brought into a high school classroom in Alpena, Michigan and students were taught about underwater archaeology in general, the Lake Huron project, Native American hunting techniques, and caribou behavior and they then entered the virtual world to explore for themselves ...
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Evidence for early hunters beneath the Great Lakes - PMC - NIH
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Ancient Discovery Beneath Lake Huron Reveals a Lost Civilization Older Than the Great Lakes
February 21, 2025 - CLEVELAND, OH — A remarkable underwater discovery in the depths of Lake Huron is shedding light on an ancient civilization that existed long before the Great Lakes took shape. Drop 45 Drive Lane, a submerged archaeological site about 56 kilometers ...
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Archeological Evidence Of Human Activity Found Beneath Lake Huron - Ohio History Connection
June 9, 2025 - The researchers located what they believe to be caribou-hunting structures and camps used by the early hunters of the period. “This is the first time we’ve identified structures like these on the lake bottom,” said John O’Shea, curator ...
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The Mysterious Prehistoric Underwater Structure Beneath Lake Michigan | Arkeonews
February 6, 2024 - According to reports, underwater archaeologists have discovered what appears to be a dry land corridor that once connected northeast Michigan and southern Ontario. Scientists say the main feature, known as Drop 45 Drive Lane, is the most complex ...
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Stonehenge Beneath the Waters of Lake Michigan – BLDGBLOG
February 13, 2019 - In a surprisingly under-reported ... discovered a series of stones – some of them arranged in a circle and one of which seemed to show carvings of a mastodon – 40-feet beneath the surface waters of Lake Michigan....
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Submerged Canoes in Lake Mendota Offer New Insights Into Ancestral Waterways - Native News Online
November 19, 2025 - Four years after discovering a 1,200-year-old dugout canoe in Lake Mendota, archaeologists with the Wisconsin Historical Society and regional First Nations continue to uncover new details from one of the most significant underwater archaeological sites in the Great Lakes.
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The ancient US discovery predating the pyramids
February 24, 2026 - A series of millennia-old canoes are being unearthed from the bottom of a lake in Wisconsin, spurring a renewed interest in Indigenous culture.
Indian Defence Review
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Archaeologists Uncover Hidden 9,000-Year-Old Lost World Beneath the Great Lakes
April 17, 2026 - The structures, including hunting pits, drive lanes, and stone caches, tell a story of ingenuity and survival from a time long before the region was submerged by rising glacial meltwaters.
Smithsonian Magazine
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Archaeologists Are Finding Dugout Canoes in the American Midwest as Old as the Great Pyramids of Egypt
December 24, 2024 - In fact, a map of the found dugouts shows us not just where this community lived, but how it moved and changed in pace with the Earth over millennia: Just 300 yards from where Thomsen found that first canoe in Mendota, she later uncovered a cache of at least ten canoes along an underwater ridge that geologists have identified as a previous, now-lost shoreline, a beach in the savannas of ancient Dejope. “No one does this,” says Amy Rosebrough, Wisconsin state archaeologist, referring to the relatively new approach of treating small, urban waterways as potential archaeological sites.
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Archaeologists Uncover 10,000-Year-Old Prehistoric Civilization Beneath Lake Huron
Scientists are uncovering hunting camps and ancient tools from 10,000 years ago, in what is being dubbed the “Pompeii of the Great Lakes.” First discovered by a team from the University of Michigan in the 2000s, the site remains submerged ...
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University of Michigan LSA
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A Moonshot Under Water: Discovering Ancient Hunting Sites Beneath the Great Lakes | U-M LSA Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
This land sits preserved, Pompeii-like, beneath the deep, cold waters of Lake Huron, with still-rooted trees and stone constructions that are among the earliest dated hunting structures on the planet.
National Geographic
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An Indigenous ‘metropolis’ may be hidden under this Wisconsin lake | National Geographic
August 8, 2025 - One hundred seventy-five years ago, Indigenous sites blanketed the American Midwest like stars blanket the sky—there were some 15,000 burial mounds scattered across Wisconsin alone. European settlers largely destroyed these sites as they moved west across the continent in the 19th and 20th centuries, leaving cornfields and courthouses in their stead. ... But there’s one part of ancient America that remained mostly untouched by the destructive force of modern settlement: underwater. A lake in the middle of Wisconsin’s capital city exemplifies this world, turning up incredible artifacts spanning thousands of years.
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Of Water and Mankind | PONANT US Magazine
June 26, 2024 - These five vast expanses of interlinked fresh water, on the border between Canada and the United States, were the precious cradles of many Native American tribes for several thousand years. The lakes were natural gifts for these initial populations, these First Nations who settled and grew up on their shores. Whatever their traditions, these Indigenous peoples shared a deep and ancient bond with the Great Lakes, nourished by spirituality and faith.