MADISON — Two of the 16 Native American canoes that have been found in Lake Mendota are in the preservation process before they will be put on public display.
Tamara Thomsen is the maritime archaeologist for the Wisconsin Historical Society.
She dives to find ancient treasures like these canoes made thousands of years ago by Wisconsin’s indigenous communities.
Ever since finding the first two in Lake Mendota four years ago, she’s been on a mission to chart the location of more…