Also known as:

ISABEL (1850-64);ALWILDA

Year of Build:

1847

Built at:

Quebec, QUE

Vessel Type:

Schooner

Hull Materials:

Wood

Number of Decks:

1

Number of Masts:

2

Tonnage (old style):

71

Final Location:

Off Southampton, ONT.
Lake Huron.

Date:

26 Sep 1864

How:

Capsized in a gale.

Final Cargo:

Tan bark.

Notes:

Bound Owen Sound - Detroit, capsized & drifted into shallow water, broke up there; crew all safe.

1850 Renamed ALWILDA.

1850 - 56 Enrolled at Sandusky, OH; 74.63 tons.

1853, Oct 22 Ashore with 5,500 bushels wheat, Fairport OH.

1854, Oct 19 Damaged by fire, Buffalo; owned Capt. Moore.

1854 Rebuilt; lengthened '56.

1857 Enrolled Buffalo.

1857, Oct 18 Beached at Big Point Sable in a gale, no cargo; badly damaged.

1860 Owned L. Stanton & Co., Picton, ONT.

1864 Owned N. Hudgins, Milford, ONT.

1864, Sep 26 Wrecked.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie

Sources:

Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory

C. E. Feltner Enrollments Database

Newspaper Clippings

H. G. Runge Collection, Milwaukee Public Library

Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley