EXPLORER (1866, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
EXPLORER
Year of Build:
1866
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Chatham, ONT
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
J. Waddell
Hull Dimensions
Length:
48'
Beam:
16'
Depth:
5.6'
Tonnage (gross):
33
Capacity:
2,500 bushels of grain
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Port Huron, MI.
Lake Huron.
Date:
16 Jun 1886
How:
Burned.
Notes:
Towed to Port Huron for further disposition after being wrecked at Greenough Shoal, ONT.
History
Chronology:

1866, Nov Aground, Lake Superior.

1867, Nov Scuttled on Cove Island, ONT, in an insurance scam; 2 lives lost.

1882 Raised.

1882, Sep 4 Wrecked & sunk in gale at Greenough Shoal, ONT, 5 lost; owned N.E. Lewis, Goderich, ONT.

1886, Jun 16 Burned to waterline, Port Huron, MI.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Newspaper Clippings
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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