MAPLE LEAF (1854, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
MAPLE LEAF
Year of Build:
1854
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Buffalo, NY
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
George S. Weeks
Location of Original Owner:
Oswego, NY.
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
122.5'
Beam:
25.7'
Depth:
10.3'
Tonnage (old style):
299
Capacity:
380 tons
History
Chronology:

1854 Enrolled Buffalo, NY.

1854 Enrolled Oswego, NY.

1854 Enrolled Buffalo, NY.

1856 Enrolled Oswego.

1856, Jul 9 Bound Oswego - Chicago, repaired leaks at Detroit.

1860, Apr Owned Crawford & A.H. Hovey, Oswego.

1860, May Damaged in collision with schooner MASSILLON, Lake Michigan; repaired Grand Haven, MI.

1861 Enrolled Milwaukee, WI.

1862, Jun Aground Kettle Point, Lake Huron.

1863 Owned William H. Barclay, Milwaukee.

1863 Enrolled Oswego.

1864, May 7 Collision with schooner BILL AHANDON.

1866 Owned Cummings, Oswego.

1867 Enrolled Chicago, IL.

1867, Nov 4 Wrecked on Detroit Island or Pilot Island, Death's Door, Green Bay, Lake Michigan; abandoned & stripped.

1869 Made a barge, carried 200,000' lumber.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
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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