DETROIT (1835, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
DETROIT
Year of Build:
1835
Construction and Ownership
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (old style):
109
History
Chronology:

1835 - 43 Four enrollments, Oswego, NY.

1835, Nov Aground, Erie, PA, Lake Erie; released.

1839 Carried 3,386 bushels wheat from Michigan City, IN.

1842, Jun 17 Wrecked in gale, Sodus, NY; cargo wheat.

1842, Jun Driven ashore near Sodus, NY; cargo 2,200 bushels wheat.

1842, Jun 25 Collision with schooner ELI HARD, Sodus, NY; cargo pork.

1842, Oct 1 Collision with steamer LEXINGTON at Buffalo, NY harbor.

1842, Nov 17 - 18 Lost off Gravelly Bay, ONT, during Lake Erie gale; 6 lives lost.

1843 Enrolled Sackett's Harbor, NY; converted to brig; 108 tons.

1843 Made schooner.

1843, Oct 10 Brig DETROIT, formerly schooner, arrived Buffalo, NY; 110 bushels flour.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
C. E. Feltner Enrollments Database
C. Patrick Labadie
Beers, History of the Great Lakes, J. B. Mansfield
Newspaper Clippings
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Loudon G. Wilson
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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