Local resident makes interesting find along Lake Huron beach

By: Liz Dadson  November 13, 2026  356

Julie Willsie of Kincardine made an interesting discovery during her walk, Tuesday morning, on the Lake Huron shoreline, just north of Goderich Street and Kincardine Avenue.

She initially thought it was a huge mud puppy, but it has what appears to be more like hand-flippers than fins.

It was dead and lying on the beach.

Willsie says it looks like a bottom-feeder but it's bottom fins are more like feet. Plus, any mud puppies she has seen before were less than 12 feet long.

She later consulted Google and the description was that of a Sturgeon which makes sense for Lake Huron and the creature's size, she says.

Julie Willsie of Kincardine found this interesting creature lying on the beach, just north of Goderich Street and Kincardine Avenue, Tuesday morning; that is her foot in the photo (left) for a visual comparison; photos by Julie Willsie

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Liz Dadson

Liz Dadson is the founder and editor of the Kincardine Record and has been in the news business since 1986.

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