NESTER, GEORGE (1887, Schooner)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Baraga, MI
Vessel Type:: Schooner; Note: Hull of Norway pine on steel beam & keel; "tow barge"; schooner barge.
Number of Decks:: 1
Builder Name:: Samuel Gibson
Original Owner:: Thomas Nester
Ownership Notes:: Named after his eldest son.

Power

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Huron Islands, east of Keeweenaw, MI.
Lake Superior.
Date:: 30 Apr 1909
How:: Wrecked.
Notes:: Bound for Baraga, MI, lost tow of propeller SCHOOLCRAFT, went on reef in storm, 7 lives lost.

History

Chronology:

1887, Aug 10 Launched; first vessel built on Lake Superior; can carry 1,200,000 feet lumber; towed by SCHOOLCRAFT.

1887, Sep 28 Enrolled Marquette, MI.

1897 Rebuilt with steel arch.

1909, Apr 30 Wrecked, Lake Superior.

Notes