Year of Build:

1844

Built at:

Black River, OH

Vessel Type:

Schooner

Hull Materials:

Wood

Number of Decks:

1

Builder Name:

W. Jones

Number of Masts:

2

Length:

98'

Beam:

24'

Depth:

9'

Tonnage (old style):

190.54

Final Location:

Pte aux Barques Reef, MI.
Lake Huron.

Date:

16 Jun 1861

How:

Wrecked.

Final Cargo:

Lumber.

Notes:

Went ashore on reef; resisted efforts for release; finally stripped & abandoned.

1844 Enrolled Cleveland, OH.

1850 Enrolled Oswego, NY.

1854 Oswego District 190 ton schooner.

1855 Rebuilt Detroit, MI.

1856, May 6 Ashore Pt. Pelee; 300 bushels salt.

1857 Owned E. W. Hudson, Detroit, MI.

1858, Oct Struck by steamer SWAN Detroit, MI.

1858, Oct Lost anchors & chains Long Point, ran for Buffalo, NY.

1859, Nov 14 Ran ashore near Braddock's Point 12 miles west of Genessee River. Bound for Detroit; cargo 1,200 barrels salt.

1860 E. W. Hudson, Detroit, MI.

1861, Jun 16 Wrecked.

1865 Same owners.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie

Sources:

Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory

Newspaper Clippings

Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley

C. E. Feltner Enrollments Database