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Photo courtesy of David Trotter
Diver approaching the pilot house.
Shipwreck location still a secret
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It was on Friday July 3
when Trotter, the founder
of Undersea Research
Associates, accompanied
by his crew of about six to
eight shipwreck enthusi-
asts were halted only to
finally catch a glimpse of
the Hydrus. From what
Trotter could see on the
side scan sonar, it looked
as if the ship was still
intact. Once the diving
crew suited up in their
high-tech scuba gear
filled with tanks of mixed
gases that enabled them
to swim for long lengths,
it was now time to get a
visual of this century old
wreckage. Marty Lutz
long-time friend of Trot-
ter's swam 150 -feet deep
equipped with a water-
proof wide camera. Once
reaching the lake's floor,
the image came in on a
screen on the boat at sea
level, this was 'she' and to
add to the mystery, Trot-
ter called the Hydrus
"unusual," not like the
others found. This spe-
cific vessel sat up right
while the other five were
upside down or what's
also known as being `tur-
tled' Because the ship was
positioned up right Trot-
ter said it opened up a lot
of opportunity for better
information and easier
access to exploration to
comprehend exactly
what happened to this
well-known ship.
"You look for some-
thing long enough and
you find it, you realize
hey, we've added a lot to
history and the under-
standing in knowledge
what that horrific storm
in 1913 meant to people
and the tragedies lost,"
Trotter said.
In a recent interview
Trotter confirmed that
these water transports
were designed to haul
goods, produce and
immigrants and as a
result of this there is no
economic value con-
nected to the vessels. He
said the general assump-
tion is that there is treas-
ure, Trotter cackled dur-
ing a phone conversation
and added, "that's all a
figment of people's
imagination:'
"That happened with
the Spanish and the
French, where they were
looking for gold from the
South American coun-
tries," he said. "There is no
gold or silver, the Great
Lakes have been tremen-
dous arteries to naviga-
tion. In fact, most the
provinces in Canada have
been built because the
Great lakes moving a
large commodity of
goods:'
Jim Schaefer, a reporter
for the Detroit Free Press,
wrote a column about
Trotter a few years back
and became familiarwith
the shipwreck expert.
Schaefer learned of the
breakthrough from
acquaintances that he
and Trotter shared. A
week later the 23 -year
DFP journalist landed
himself an opportunity to
cover the exclusive story.
He and a fellow photogra-
pher traveled about 32
miles from US land with
Trotter and his marine
squad to document the
information.
"We're sitting there
waiting and waiting. They
finally come backup and
David's like is there a
shipwreck down there?
Which he already knew
the answer to, just hear-
ing him say, yes sir, was
pretty cool" commented
Schaefer after hearing
Trotter's voice.
"He's the guy that
keeps everything
together, it's his ridicu-
lous commitment
because it takes an
unbelievable amount of
time. He's so into it, it's
hard to explain, even
he's not adequate when
it comes to explaining
why he is."
For security reasons
Trotter mentioned to the
Postmedia Network that
he is not prepared to give
the exact coordinates of
where the Hydros is sta-
tioned. He added that
there is much left to
examine, this will con-
tinue with the assistance
of Remotely Operated
Underwater Vehicles to
access what divers cur-
rently are unable to reach.
If any persons are inter-
ested in reviewing the
past documentaries from
previous shipwrecks like
the Hydrus email Trotter
atdltrotter@msn.com
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