Yazoo Canal Shipwreck Provides Window to the Past, Insight into District Archeology Endeavors
November 29, 2022
November 29, 2022
VICKSBURG, Mississippi, Nov. 29 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Vicksburg District issued the following news release:
In mid-October, a local fisherman on the Yazoo Canal north of Vicksburg, Mississippi, stumbled upon a piece of history usually concealed by rippling muddy water.
A 1920's-era vessel lay in the mud of the canal bed half exposed to open air. The find was made possible due to low water caused by drought conditions on the Mississippi River and its tribut . . .
In mid-October, a local fisherman on the Yazoo Canal north of Vicksburg, Mississippi, stumbled upon a piece of history usually concealed by rippling muddy water.
A 1920's-era vessel lay in the mud of the canal bed half exposed to open air. The find was made possible due to low water caused by drought conditions on the Mississippi River and its tribut . . .