Shipwreck · Lake Michigan
Le Griffon
A barque built in 1679, lost on Lake Michigan in 1679. The record: “Disappeared on the return trip of her maiden voyage in 1679.”
Lost on Lake Michigan
1679
Le Griffon
Barque · built 1679 · lost 1679
Wreck site not published in the record we draw from.
The vessel
On the record
- Type
- Barque
- Builder
- French explorer La Salle
- Launched
- 1679
- Fate
- Disappeared on the return trip of her maiden voyage in 1679
- Lake
- Lake Michigan
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Le Griffon, retrieved 2026-10-11. We print the fields as recorded and add nothing; a missing field means the record is silent. Tonnage and dimensions were often measured more than one way in their day, so they can differ between sources.
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