Year of Build:

1851

Official Number:

565

Built at:

Cape Vincent, NY

Vessel Type:

Schooner

Hull Materials:

Wood

Number of Decks:

1

Builder Name:

L. Goler

Number of Masts:

2

Length:

90'

Beam:

20'

Depth:

8'

Tonnage (old style):

122

Final Location:

Chicago, IL, Chicago waterfront.
Lake Michigan.

Date:

8 Oct 1871

How:

Burned in the Great Fire.

1851 Enrolled Sackett's Harbor, NY.

1853-64 Enrolled Detroit, MI.

1858, Oct Collision with schooner WHITE SQUALL in St. Clair River.

1858, Nov Collision with steamer DISPATCH in St. Clair Flats; sunk.

1860 Owned E.N. Hudson, Detroit.

1860, Apr Hard aground at Mamajuda Light.

1862 Large repairs; 122 tons; refastened.

1863 Owned J.B. Scott, Detroit, MI.

1864 Enrolled Milwaukee, WI; refastened.

1865 Owned John Smith, Detroit, MI.

1865 Repairs.

1866 Owned Peter Smith, Milwaukee, WI.

1868 Enrolled Milwaukee; readmeasured 104 gross tons.

1871 Owned John Read, Milwaukee, WI.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie

Sources:

Beers, History of the Great Lakes, J. B. Mansfield

Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory

Erik Heyl, Early American Steamers

Newspaper Clippings

Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley

C. E. Feltner Enrollments Database