Two Native American dugout canoes were recovered from Glomski Lake near Manitowoc in 1979.

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Maritime archaeologist with the Wisconsin Historical Society Tamara Thomsen, recounts a day of scuba diving in Lake Mendota in 2021 with her colleague Mallory Dragt when she discovered a dugout canoe.

Nadia Chaudhury is a born-and-raised New Yorker who is the deputy editor for Eater’s Northeast region and Eater New York, was the former Eater Austin editor for 10 years, and often writes about food ...