Sputnik International
By Mary Manley
April 22, 2023
The canoe was first discovered by a group of teenagers in the summer of 2021, the three boys were inner tubing on a lake in North Carolina when they discovered the canoe.
A 930-year-old, 28-foot Native American canoe was retrieved from Lake Waccamaw on Wednesday, two years after it was accidentally discovered by a group of teenagers. A team of archaeologists, locals including the boys who discovered the canoe, and members of the Waccamaw Siouan Tribe all worked together to retrieve the exciting discovery.