Year of Build:

1850

Built at:

Buffalo, NY

Vessel Type:

Sloop

Note: Figurehead, no gallery

Hull Materials:

Wood

Number of Decks:

1

Builder Name:

Benjamin Bidwell

Original Owner and Location:

Robert A. Richardson, Detroit, MI

Number of Masts:

1

Length:

40'

Beam:

13'

Depth:

5'

Tonnage (old style):

22 5/95

Final Location:

Presque Isle Point, MI
Lake Huron.

Date:

27 Nov 1857

How:

Driven ashore in storm.

Final Cargo:

Wheat & flour

Notes:

Went ashore, broke up in storm.

1851, Apr 17 First enrolled Detroit, MI.

1851, Nov Ashore, Misery Bay, MI, Lake Superior; abandoned to insurers.

1853 Samuel F. Leopold, Mackinac; same as master.

1855 Henry F. Todd, Mackinac; same.

1857, Nov 27 Stranded in storm, Presque Isle Point, MI, Lake Michigan.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie

Sources:

John E. Poole notes, Bowling Green State University

Newspaper Clippings

Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley

C. E. Feltner Enrollments Database

C. Patrick Labadie