A mystery shipwreck uncovered in a Michigan channel this week has residents and researchers alike trying to figure out where the doomed vessel came from. Dozens of observers have flocked to the White Lake channel near the White River Light Station to see the shipwreck after photos emerged on social media earlier this week showing a partially deteriorated wooden hull coated with ice. "[It's] a small piece of history that we're able to take part of," a couple told FOX17 West Michigan on Monday. Woodruff, which was built in 1866 and fell apart during a bad storm in 1878 near White River Light Station on Lake Michigan, according to the U.S. Lighthouse Society. "We're piggy-backing on earlier accounts where people have perhaps jumped to conclusions and named it Woodruff," Valerie van Heest, the Michigan Shipwreck Research Association president, told FOX17.

Source: Fox News December 11, 2018 17:00 UTC