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RoyalHighlander · 07-26-12, 09:34 AM

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfou...overy-725.html

Divers believe they have located WWII submarine 100 kilometres from ocean...
An important piece of history from the Second World War may be sitting in a river in Labrador.
Searchers believe they've found a German U-boat buried in the sand on the bottom of the Churchill River. The discovery has yet to be authenticated.
Two years ago, searchers scoured the bottom of the Churchill River with side-scanning sonar. They were looking for three men lost over Muskrat Falls.
When they reviewed the footage from that search, they made an unexpected discovery.
"We were looking for something completely different, not a submarine, not a U-boat — I mean, no one would ever believe that was possible," Brian Corbin told CBC News.......

07-26-12, 09:34 AM	#1
RoyalHighlander Watch Join Date: May 2007 Location: Edmonton Alberta canada Posts: 19 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	German U-boat may be at bottom of Labrador river http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfou...overy-725.html Divers believe they have located WWII submarine 100 kilometres from ocean... An important piece of history from the Second World War may be sitting in a river in Labrador. Searchers believe they've found a German U-boat buried in the sand on the bottom of the Churchill River. The discovery has yet to be authenticated. Two years ago, searchers scoured the bottom of the Churchill River with side-scanning sonar. They were looking for three men lost over Muskrat Falls. When they reviewed the footage from that search, they made an unexpected discovery. "We were looking for something completely different, not a submarine, not a U-boat — I mean, no one would ever believe that was possible," Brian Corbin told CBC News.......