Bow Of Old Boat Found on beach

[N]

I just found a bow of an old boat about 6' long on a beach on Lake Michigan. We would like to find out how old it is and possable what it was used as. I plan to restore the bow as well as I can. The 6' piece of hull is built with a 4"/4"
stem with 2"/3" ribs, 2"/4" inside the ribs. The hul is planket with 1"/4" that is screwed very often to the ribs. The boat was well built. It was very heavy for it size (waterloged). Just a guess would put the boat 30' long or so. If anyone can help i would appreciate it. I can give more detail if there are any replies.
Thank You Nick

[Rich VanValkenburg]

Photos, photos, photos. Might have been carved out of the bottom by an ice jam and dumped there. Or it could be something recent. Years ago there was an old woodie used as a sailing trainer here in Detroit that got caught out in a storm with loss of life. The boat sank and was raised a month later. It looked like it had been down there for years. The paint was worn off by the rocks and sand on the bottom and it was holed.

[ken mcclure]

Hmm. Couldn't have been built THAT well now, could it?