AUCHARD, LUCY (1860, Schooner)

Year of Build:

1860

Official Number:

15147

Built at:

Henderson, NY

Vessel Type:

Schooner

Hull Materials:

Wood

Number of Decks:

1

Builder Name:

R.J.W. Morgan

Built on Bottom of:

DANIEL WEBSTER (1837)

Original Owner and Location:

White & Miller, Oswego, NY

Number of Masts:

2

Length:

79.9'

Beam:

20.8'

Depth:

8.3'

Tonnage (old style):

125

Final Location:

Near Goderich, ONT.
Lake Huron.

Date:

24 Oct 1871

How:

Ashore & wrecked.

Final Cargo:

Telegraph poles.

Notes:

1878, Dec 16 Documents surrendered, Port Huron, MI; "lost in 1871".

1861 Repaired & refastened.

1862, Jul Foremast struck by lightning, Welland Canal, Lake Ontario.

1862, Sep Struck by lightning, Niagara, ONT, Lake Ontario.

1862, Nov Collided with schooner A. BRONSON off Port Dalhousie, Lake Ontario.

1863 Owned Mallard, Clary & Co., Oswego, NY.

1866 Owned George Hollister, Euclid, OH

1867, Apr 16 Owned George Fish, Algonac, MI; readmeasured 86.77 gross tons.

1868, Sep 28 Owned James Moore & John Moore, Algonac, MI.

1869, Jul 9 Owned Paul McQueen, Algonac, MI.

1871 Owned Robinson et al, Algonac,MI.

1871, Oct 24 Wrecked; owned Falconer McRivers, Algonac, MI.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie

Sources:

Peter J. VanderLinden

Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory

Newspaper Clippings

Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley