ECCLES, KATIE (1877, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
ECCLES, KATIE
Year of Build:
1877
Official Number:
75911
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Mill Point (Desoronto), ONT
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
William Jamieson
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
95'
Beam:
24'
Depth:
8'
Tonnage (gross):
122
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Off Timber Island, ONT.
Lake Ontario.
Date:
28 Nov 1922
How:
Foundered in storm.
Final Cargo:
Coal.
History
Chronology:

1878 Owned D. Eccles, Amherst Island, ONT.

1883, May 8 Aground near Presque Isle, Lake Ontario.

1886 Owned A. Campbell, Colborne, ONT.

1889 Rebuilt.

1909, Sep 22 Aground Newcastle, Lake Ontario, with coal from Newcastle; released by Donnelly Wrecking Co.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Canadian Sessional Papers
Dossin Great Lakes Museum
William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:
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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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