Le Griffon
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Le Griffon was a sailing vessel built by French explorer and fur trader René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle in the Niagara area of Canada in 1679.
Le Griffon was constructed and launched at or near Cayuga Island on the Niagara River and was... Wikipedia
Launched: 1679
Length: 30 to 40 feet (9 to 12 m)
Fate: Disappeared on the return trip of her maiden voyage in 1679
Sail plan: one or two masts; square sails
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Le Griffon was a sailing vessel built by French explorer and fur trader René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle in the Niagara area of Canada in 1679.
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Nov 25, 2022 · Le Griffon was the first ship to sail the Great Lakes below Niagara Falls. It was built between January and June 1679.
Le Griffon was the first full-sized sailing ship on the upper Great Lakes of North America and she led the way to modern commercial shipping in that part of the ...
Conjectural model of Le Griffon. Built in 1679 for Sieur de La Salle on the Niagara River and ultimately made it to Lake Michigan.
Jun 12, 2021 · Le Griffon mysteriously went missing in 1679 and no one knows what happened between the time it was last seen until it was discovered three ...
May 11, 2022 · La Salle named the ship Le Griffon, after the mythical creature whose body of a lion has the head and wings of an eagle. The name honored Count ...
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The Griffon disappeared en route to Lake Erie and was likely overcome in a September storm in northern Lake Michigan and became one of the Great Lakes earliest ...
In northern Lake Michigan today explorers are stepping up their effort to find a ship that sank in 1679.French and American archeologists are on the Lake…
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In 1679, the French ship Le Griffon mysteriously vanished. Was it lost in a violent storm or robbed of its valuable cargo of furs and set.