CHIPPEWA (1837, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
CHIPPEWA
Year of Build:
1837
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Maumee, OH
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Location of Original Owner:
Maumee City, OH.
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
46' 6"
Beam:
17'
Depth:
4' 7"
Tonnage (old style):
21 16/95
History
Chronology:

1844 Enrolled Cleveland, OH.

1845 Portaged around Soo - Lake Superior.

1845 - 1851 Enrolled Michilimackinac.

1847, Dec 6 Reported wrecked, Sawtooth Reef, tip of Keweenaw, crew walked to Milwaukee.

1849 Enrolled at Michilimackinac Dist.

1851, Jun 1 Owned John Morrison, Maumee, OH.

1860, May 5 Arrived Superior with a Mr. Howard aboard, who had been wrecked at L'Anse.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Enrollments, U.S. National Archives
C. Patrick Labadie
Newspaper Clippings
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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