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Big piece of 19th century Lake Erie vessel washes ashore in Chatham-Kent

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A large section of a 19th-century vessel has washed up on the shore of Lake Erie in this lakeside community near Chatham .

Longtime resident Jeff Vidler saw the approximately 10-metre ( 30-foot ) section of wreckage for himself.

Vidler said the piece of wreckage is potentially from a schooner that may have been up to 270-feet ( 82-metres ) long.

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