FORTIER, L.B. (1858, Scow Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
FORTIER, L.B.
Year of Build:
1858
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Buffalo, NY
Vessel Type:
Scow Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
J. Ledger
Original Owner and Location:
J. Ledger, Buffalo, NY.
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (old style):
167
Final Disposition
Final Location:
10 miles off Grand Haven, MI.
Lake Michigan.
Date:
8 Nov 1865
How:
Capsized.
Notes:
Waterlogged & capsized in gale; 5 lives lost.
History
Chronology:

1858 Enrolled Buffalo, NY.

1858, Aug Ashore at Fairport, OH with lumber; damaged.

1859, Apr Ashore Dunkirk, Lake Erie with lumber; released by tug MARTIN.

1862, Apr Sunk Point au Pelee, Lake Erie with coal.

1862, Jun 15 Sunk on Lake Erie, raised, repaired & sold Jun 23 for $1,600; to be further repaired.

1865, Nov 8 Capsized, Lake Michigan.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Erik Heyl, Early American Steamers
Newspaper Clippings
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Peter J. VanderLinden
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
(989)356-6188
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