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Site plan by Bateaux Below, Inc. of seven 1758 "Wiawaka Bateaux" (Image courtesy of John Farrell and Bob Benway / Bateaux Below, Inc.).
Bateaux Below's Underwater Archaeology Study of the "Wiawaka Bateaux"
In 1987, members of the team that became known as Bateaux Below began a multiyear study of seven 1758 bateaux shipwrecks lying in 20 to 45 feet of water. Known as the "Wiawaka Bateaux," these vessels ranged in length from 27 feet 2 inches to 36 feet. Practicing nonintrusive underwater archaeology, each bateau was drawn in plan view and the site plan was constructed.
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Illustration of Bateau C, one of the shipwrecks of the Wiawaka Bateaux, drawn by John Farrell following Bateaux Below's 1987-1991 fieldwork at that site (Image courtesy of John Farrell / Bateaux Below, Inc.).
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