Interesting news for the day include a planned return to the Beringia land bridge by famed archaeologist Jacques Cinq-Mars, and a new interactive Web site that lets visitors peruse the maritime history within the waters of Ohio’s Lake Erie. Let’s get to the links…

Nearly 20 years ago, Canadian archaeologist Jacques Cinq-Mars discovered a 28,000 year-old chipped mammoth bone.

What was unusual and stunning was that it appeared to be made into a harpoon point, and it was found in a cave above Bluefish River.

That’s within the "Beringia" area — known as the land bridge between Siberia and Alaska during the Pleistocene ice ages — where old theories hypothesized that humans used Beringia to migrate to the Americas just 13,000 years ago.

So, how did a 28,000 year old, man-made harpoon point get in the cave, if people were first introduced to the area only 13,000 years ago? Something doesn’t stack up.

Jacques Cinq-Mars is now returning to Beringia, to look for further evidence people were in the area before the Ice Age.

Have you ever wondered about the sunken shipwrecks within Lake Erie? There is now a new online and interactive Web site, www.ohioshipwrecks.org, which attempts to satisfy your curiosity.

The site is entitled Shipwrecks and Maritime Tales of the Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail, and has the stated goal to:

"make you, the visitor, aware of the rich maritime history which lies beneath the surface of Ohio’s Lake Erie…"

While the site hopes to expand knowledge, it also is designed to protect Lake Erie’s shipwrecks.

In a Mansfield NewsJournal article, Ohio Sea Grant Extension specialist Dave Kelch was quoted as saying,

"Whether you are a seasoned scuba diver or a maritime history aficionado, we believe you will not only learn more about Lake Erie’s maritime heritage but will also gain an increased respect for the need to preserve and protect Ohio’s historic shipwrecks."

You can check out the site today!