by import2 | October 10, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1877 ELIZA R. TURNER (wooden schooner; 156 feet; 409 gross tons; built in 1867 at Trenton, MI) was carrying wheat from Detroit, MI, to Buffalo, NY, when a storm drove her aground nine miles west of Long Point on Lake Erie where she was wrecked. The skipper and cook...
by import2 | October 9, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1820 ASP (wooden schooner; 57 tons; built in 1808 at Mississauga, ON) was carrying lumber and staves when she sprang a leak near Long Point on Lake Ontario. She waterlogged and then capsized. The upturned vessel was driven across the lake and finally went ashore off...
by import2 | October 8, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1854 E.K. COLLINS (wooden passenger-package freight side-wheeler; 256 feet; 1,095 gross tons; built in 1853 at Newport, MI) caught fire and beached near the mouth of the Detroit River, where she burned to the waterline. About 23 lives were lost. About 43 people were...
by import2 | October 7, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1858 In a severe gale, rain, and hail storm, the 247-ton schooner OSPREY approached Oswego, NY. As she was about to enter the harbor, the vessel struck the east pier broadside. Her masts and rigging were carried away, and she started to sink. Captain John Parsons got...
by import2 | October 6, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1870 The schooner E. FITZGERALD was launched at the Fitzgerald & Leighton yard at Port Huron, MI. She measured 135 feet long, 26 feet wide, and 11 feet deep. 1873 JOHN A. MCDOUGALL (wooden schooner barge; 151 feet; 415 gross tons) was launched at Wenona, MI. She...
by import2 | October 5, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1876 GRACE GREENWOOD (three-masted wooden schooner; 124 feet; 306 tons; built in 1853 at Oswego, NY) was carrying iron ore from Escanaba, MI, to Michigan City, IN, when she foundered in a storm while coming into St. Joseph, MI, for shelter. No lives were lost. She was...
