- Dates
- 2015-01-13 – 2015-01-19
- Kind
- Media report
- Where
- Beaver Island archipelago
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritime-historyshipwreckshistorical-geographymedia
- Within
- Beaver Island archipelago
January 2015 media coverage of a possible Le Griffon shipwreck circulated on the Beaver Island Forum. The report discussed La Salle’s journal and the Beaver Island archipelago as a possible geographic clue, but the wreck’s identity and location were unconfirmed.
This record preserves the media event and its local circulation. It does not claim that Le Griffon, gold, or another wreck was found near Beaver Island.
Sources
- A forum participant relayed a Yahoo news report and replies joked about wrecks and treasure. The thread is evidence that the report circulated among Beaver Islanders, not evidence that a wreck or treasure was found near the archipelago.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 08 · t008354
- The report described a wreck that treasure hunters believed might be Le Griffon and said a maritime historian considered the Beaver Island archipelago a likely area mentioned in La Salle’s journal. The identification remained unconfirmed; this is media context, not archaeological proof of location or identity.
Added 9 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Media coverage connects a possible Le Griffon wreck with the Beaver Island archipelago, 2015”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-archipelago-le-griffon-media-report-2015/, accessed [date], citing B. McCaw and forum participants, “Beaver Island Archipelago in LaSalle's Journal,” Beaver Island Forum, January 18, 2015. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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