FOREST KING (1866, Bark)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
FOREST KING
Year of Build:
1866
Official Number:
9151
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Tonawanda, NY
Vessel Type:
Bark
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Power
Number of Masts:
3
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (old style):
345.46
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Western Islands, Georgian Bay.
Lake Huron.
Date:
21 Oct 1869
How:
Wrecked.
Final Cargo:
Coal.
Notes:
Driven ashore & wrecked in storm; crew rescued in yawl.
History
Chronology:

1866 Enrolled Buffalo, NY.

1868 Enrolled Toledo, OH; 3 enrollments Buffalo, NY.

1869, Oct 21 Wrecked, Lake Huron; owned O. Bugbee, Buffalo & G.P. Hosman, Lockport.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Brendon Baillod
C. E. Feltner Enrollments Database
H. G. Runge Collection, Milwaukee Public Library
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:
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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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