On Tuesday, July 8, 2003, the steamship Adventure once more visited Kelleys Island almost 100 years after it sunk at the North Bay on Kelleys Island. A model of the Adventure made by model builder Roger Jensen of Martin Ohio was presented to Kelleys Island State Park Manager Mike Monette by Kelleys Island Audubon Club President Pat Hayes in a short ceremony. A case of oak and glass was made to display the model by Steve Sheridan of Findlay Ohio, who is a diver and charter boat captain. Dive slates developed by the Ohio Archeological Survey Team describing the wrecks of the Adventure , the Prince and the Hanna as they appear now will be available for lending at the Park Office.

The display was funded by the DuShane Memorial Fund through the Kelleys Island Audubon Club in memory of Duke DuShane. Duke was a scuba diving instructor who taught over 1000 students to dive over his career and was a member both of the Archeological Survey Team and the Ohio Coastal Management's advisory committee that conceived the idea of the display. Contact was made with Roger Jensen through the Great Lakes Historical Society where he is a member of a group of model builders who meet at the Inland Seas Maritime Museum. He has put over 400 hours of volunteer time in the building of the model.

Contributed by Judy DuShane, of Kelleys Island OH
 

Photos courtesy of Sandy Tkach