article today:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7454578.stm

An entire British warship has been discovered in the Great Lakes on the US/Canada border, a rare find, a shipwreck from the American Revolution. It is the HMS Ontario which had a crew of 130, maybe around 100 when it went down. It is being treated as a war grave.

Thought this might be of interest to someone. It is of interest to me because we have been talking about sailing ships and castaways here. In this article it mentions a man who wrote a book about this particular ship, published in 1997. When I googled it, instead of finding the book, I found this silly little story on Wikepedia, which made me chuckle, so I am including it just for laughs.

Apparently, the name of the book, Legend of the Lake, is the same as that of a televised "Garfield" episode (cartoon based on a big striped cat), back in the 80's. I don't think this had much to do with it but who knows?

The summary on Wikepedia:

Garfield serves as a tour guide at the Cat Museum. After showing tourists various exhibits, he leads them to a special lake outside. He asks the tourists if they would like to hear the legend that goes along with the lake; they seem uninterested, but Garfield tells the legend anyway.

The legend features a race of prehistoric cats that eat rocks and insects for food. However, one cat in particular (who resembles Garfield) looks far across the lake and spots a land where lasagna trees grow, as well as a race of wild puppies that guard the trees. He is determined to cross the lake and reach the trees despite everyone else telling him that such a feat is impossible.

After various inventions for crossing the lake fail, the cat decides to swim across the lake. After a seven-hour swim he washes up on the shore of the land where the lasagna trees are, and he is excited until he discovers that the wild puppies are five times his size. While the puppies appear friendly, they still chase the cat to the shore; and despite the cat having little strength due to the first swim, he dives back into the lake to swim back. He is never seen again, and Garfield concludes by stating that the lake is named after him: Lake Stupid.

ha ha, blink    couldn't resist, it's just sooooo silly, I mean, lasagna trees.....?!?!!!!