Index of Keweenaw Shipwrecks, Lake Superior Copyright © 1998 by Angie Wesch. This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. ___________________________________________________________________ "Keweenaw shipwrecks : a survey of maritime accidents from Big Bay Point, west to Ontonagon, with emphasis on the Keweenaw Peninsula ," by Frederick Stonehouse. AuTrain, MI: Avery Color Studios, 1988 Copyright.
Permission received by Frederick Stonehouse exclusively for "Downward Bound" archives. Indexed & compiled by Angie Wesch awesch@kode.net This index is divided into two sections: name and ship. NAME DOES WHAT? SHIP/LIGHTHOUSE PAGE Adams, James R owner Langham 239 Altman family passenger Bon Voyage 165 American Fur Co owner John Jacob Astor 33 American Ship Building owner Gayley, L C Waldo, 243, 252, 310 Company J P Morgan, Jr. American Steel Barge owner Whaleback No. 131, 169, 176 Company Alexander Holley Bates, Stephen builder Sumbeam 57 Bennett, Ernest Chief Bosun Eagle Harbor CG Station 304 Blodgett, O W owner Mingoe 296 Booth Fisheries Co owner Constitution 201 Bradley, M A owner Southwest 156 Calumet & Hecla Water company Ben Brink 129 Works Canada Steamship Lines owner Maplehurst, Kamloops 275, 290 Canadian Southern owner Transport 306 Railway Chicago Shipbuilding Co builder Maplehurst, Thomas 274, 287 Company Maytham Cleveland Cliffs Iron owner Maplehurst 275, 302 Company Cleveland, Grover U S President xxxxxxxx 340 Collingwood Shipping Co owner Wasaga 240 Corgan, James Keeper Manitou Island 352 Lighthouse Corgan, Mrs. James Keeper Manitou Island 352 Lighthouse Davidson, James builder William P rend, Crete 187, 199 Detroit Dry Dock co builder Transport 306 Dougall, William Capt Sunbeam 58 Doxford, William builder Turret Chief 254 Duddleson, John Capt L C Waldo 247, 248 Engleman Line owner Manistee 107 Ennes, C M Capt Wm C Moreland 232 Erie & Western owner Wasaga 240 Transportation Co Erie Rail Road owner Nyack, Tioga 104, 268 Fort Wilkins Capt John Jacob Astor 33 Fregeau, Charles wheelman Sunbeam 59 Gibson, James master Southwest 155 Girardin, Dave Capt Kirby 261 Glaza, Anthony First Surfman Eagle harbor Life 249, 251, 280, 281, 286-7, Saving Station 291-3, 320, 321, 333, 334 Globe Iron Works builder David Z Norton, Vulcan 226, 265 Globe Shipbuilding Co builder Spokane 217 Goodrich, A E Capt Sunbeam 57 Graham & Morton Line owner City of St Joseph 305 Gray, J S owner Toledo 161 Great Lakes Engineering builder Ralph Budd 298 Works Great Lakes Towing Co owner Favorite 251 Hall Corporation of owner Cartiercliffe Hall 313 Canada Hayes, Rutherford B U S President xxxxxxx 318 Hebard & Thurber Lumber company Middlesex, Jay C Morse 102, 125 Company Inman Line owner Pearl B Campbell 146 Interstate Steam Ship owner William C Moreland 232 Company James & Laughlin Steel owner William C Moreland 232 Jones, J M builder J Bigler 114 Kidd, Joseph master salvor William C Moreland 234 Kimball, Sumner I head Revenue Marine Bureau 227, 228 Kuhn, Casper Asst Keeper Huron Island Lighthouse 224 LaFrinier & Stevenson builder City of Superior 42 Lake Linden Fuel & company Samoa 228 Supply Company Lake Superior & South owner manistee 107 Shore Line Lake Superior Transit owner Badger State 112 Company Lembke, Albert Capt L C Waldo 247, 248 Leopold & Austrian's owner Peerless 100 Lake Superior Line Malone, John Keeper Menagerie Island Light 335 Massey Steam Ship Co owner Tioga 268 Mathews Steam Ship Co owner L C Waldo 252 McCormick, Keeper Portage Life saving 176, 184, 204, Station 205, 206, 207 McCormick, J H Keeper Portage Lake Lighthouse 208, 209, 210, 320 McCormick, Thomas Keeper Portage Life Saving 249 Station McKay, John Capt Manistee 107 Merryman, J H Capt Revenue Marine 317 Morely & Hill builder Louisiana 218 Murray Capt J Bigler 114 Nester, George owner George Nester 225 Nestor Lumber Co owner Carrington 119 New York Central RR owner Ralph Budd 298 Nortwestern owner S R Kirby 261 Transportation Company Olsen, J G Capt Joliet 301 Paterson, Steam owner Altadoc 293 Ship Lines Peck & Masters builder Toledo 160 Peck, E M builder Manistee 107 Pennsylvania Rail Road owner Wasaga 240 Pizer Capt George E Hartnell 260 Portage Lake Towing Co owner Cora A Sheldon 119 Quayle & Martin builder George Sherman 93 Quayle, Thomas & Son builder James Pickands 142 Quincy Mining Co owner Dredge No. 2 311 R C Buck contractors builder Dredge No. 2 311 Reid Capt xxxxx 275 Reid, James Capt Spokane 217 Reid Wrecking Co company William C Moreland, 234, 241, 298 Manistique, Ralph Budd Roen Steamship Line owner City of St Joseph 306 Rucker, Charles A Keeper Eagle harbor Life 248, 249 Saving Station Ryhnas, Robert Capt St Clair 90 Simpson, Capt Altadoc 291 Smith, Charles J owner Iosco, Olive Jeanette 194 Smith, Jeanette owner Iosco, Olive Jeanette 194 Smith, Olive owner Iosco, Olive Jeanette 194 Soo Rapids Capt John Jacob Astor 33, 36, 37 Spaulding, John Capt City of Superior 41 Stanard, Benjamin Capt John Jacob Astor 33 Stanard, Charles C Capt John Jacob Astor 34, 356 Stockwell doctor Iosco 194 Stringer Chief Engineer St Clair 90 Tamarck Co company Samoa 228 Tige Capt's dog S R Kirby 260 Truedell, Benjamin Keeper Grand Marais Light 328 Tucker Keeper Eagle harbor Life 249 Saving Station Tucker, Charles A boatswain S R Kirby 272-4, 320, 321 U S Steel owner Whaleback No. 131, 302 Steelvendor Union Dry Dock Co. builder Nyack, Wasaga, Tioga 104, 240, 268 W A Hawgood & Co. owner Olive Jeannette, Iosco 194 Ward's Lake Superior owner St Clair, Manistee 91, 107 Line Wheeler, F W builder B W Arnold, Iosco, City 149, 194, 252, 305 of St Joseph, City of Chicago, Olive Jeannette, Riverton Wilson, John Capt Monticello 39 Wittie, Frank Keeper Huron Island Lighthouse 224 ***************************************************************** SHIP TYPE PAGE A C Adams tug 122 A H Moss schooner 75 A H Parker steamer 178 A J Smith tug 117 A W Colton iron tug 121, 128, 140-1 A W Comstock schooner-barge 143 Abbie schooner 198 Abyssinia schooner-barge 164-5 Adventurer tug 215 Alaska wooden steamer 244 Alex Nimick wooden steamer 215-6 Alfred H Smith steel steamer 277 Alfred P Wright wooden steamer 258 Algoma ship 294 Algonquin ship 182, 183 Alleghany schooner-barge 208-9 Altadoc steel steamer 290-5 Alva Bradley schooner 335 Amarantha lighthouse tender 144 American schooner 86 Angus Smith schooner-barge 184 Anna Maria schooner 99 Annie M Peterson schooner 157-8 Annie R Hennes small steamer 26 Arizona propeller 112 Artic sidewheeler 47 Augustus B Wolvin steel steamer 219 Avenger IV tug 315 B F Affeck steel steamer 301, 315 B Parsons schooner 44 B W Arnold wooden steamer 148-50 B W Parker schooner-barge 178 Badger State propeller 111-2 Bannockburn steel steamer 182-3 Ben Brink schooner-barge 129-30 Benton wooden propeller 31 Bessemer steam-barge 126-7, 128 Bob Anderson tug 92 Bon Voyage ship 326 Bon Voyage wooden package steamer 165-7 Boutin tug 106 Buffalo tug 216, 217 C F Bielman wooden steamer 194 C F Curtis steamer 197 Cadillac aka Maplehurst 274 Caledonia steamer 190 captains aka keepers 319 Carrington tug 119-20 Cartiercliffe Hall freighter 312 Charlemagne Tower Jr wooden steamer 200 Charles C West steel steamer 279-80 Charles H Bradley wooden steamer 288, 300 Charles H Schwab ship 301 Charles Hebard steamer 158 Charles Hebard tug 129 Charles Hinckley schooner 86 Charles J Kershaw steamer 146, 151 Charles L Hutchinson steel steamer 278-9 Charles Weston steel steamer 203 Chasset tug 85 China iron propeller 80 China steamer 105 Chippewa schooner 36 Circle tug 230-1, 242 City of Bangor propeller 334 City of Bangor steel steamer 280-6, 287, 290, 294 City of Chicago aka City of St Joseph 305 City of Cleveland sidewheeler 50-1, 52-3, 55 City of Duluth propeller 82, 94, 96, 97, 105, 107, 109-10 City of Fremont wooden steamer 97-8 City of Madison propeller 61, 77 City of New York propeller 86-7 City of Paris propeller 145-6 City of Rome wooden steamer 178-9 City of St Joseph steel barge 303 City of Straits schooner 148 City of Superior propeller 41-2 Clara Parker schooner 71 Coburn propeller 78-9 Colorado propeller 155, 156-8 Columbia wooden steamer 130, 131, 132 Comrade schooner-barge 130-3 Concord propeller 68, 69 Constitution bark 134-5 Constitution steel barge 201 Cora A Sheldon tug 119, 126, 212 Coralia steel steamer 201, 202, 229-30 Corona tug 146 Crawford cutter 291-3 Crete schooner-barge 199, 309-10 Cuyahoga propeller 71, 81, 83 Czar schooner 82 D F Rose tug 161 D M Clemson steel steamer 192 D S Hebard tug 125, 128 Daisy G steam yacht 162 Daniel B Meacham steel steamer 223 Daniel L Hebard tug 193, 249, 251 David Dekalb schooner 55 David Ferguson schooner 79-80 David Wallace steamer 335 David Z Norton ship 226 Dredge wooden dredge 69, 310 Dredge no. 2 dredge 311 Dudley tug 73 E D Holton wooden steamer 289 E H Utley steamer 260 E N Saunders steel steamer 230 E N Saunders Jr ship 301 E W Oglebay steel steamer 271-2 Edward A Uhrig steel steamer 257 Egyptian propeller 117-8 Eleanora fish tug 300-1 Eley tug 94 Elva wooden steamer 138-9 Empire lighter 234 Empire State propeller 112 Erin steam barge 116-7 Ethan Allen schooner 44 Exile schooner 93, 242 F W Backus propeller 48-9 Fannie Bissel schooner 55 Favorite tug 134, 234, 251, 279, 287, 256, 257 Fayette Brown wooden steamer 147 Ferdinand Schlesinger steamer 268 Fern tug 168 Fontanelle bark 70 Fred E Lee tug 165 G A Flagg steel steamer 263 G J Grammer steel steamer 263 G M Neelson schooner-barge 137-8 Garden City schooner-barge 153-4 Gas Launch gas launch 210 Gazelle sidewheeler 48 General Franz Sigel schooner 95 General Taylor propeller 46-7 George D Hadley aka Wm P Rend 187 George E Hartnell steel barge 259 George F Baker steel steamer 256-7 George Nester schooner-barge 223-5 George Rogers steamer 220 George Sherman schooner 93 George Spenser steamer 139, 181 George Stephenson steel steamer 248, 249 George W Ford schooner 76 Gladiator tug 117 Gladstone steamer 204 Golden Eagle aka Valerie 140 Golden Rule sail yacht 114-5 Grace Murray schooner 72 Grampian barge 300 Guiding Star schooner-barge 135-6 H B Richards schooner 139 H D Coffinberry wooden steamer 184, 209 H E Runnels wooden steamer 151-2 H Taylor schooner 85 Hancock tug 80 Harriet Ross schooner 37 Harry A Berwind steamer 260 Harvard steel steamer 187-8 Harvey Bissell schooner-barge 108 Harvey D Goulder steel steamer 258 Henry A Kent schooner-barge 150-1 Herbert K Oakes steel steamer 261 Hiawatha steamer 127 Hoover & Mason steel steamer 266-7 Hudson steamer 268 Hurd steamer 106 Huron City steam barge 102 Idaho propeller 134 Illinois sidewheeler 43, 49, 63-4 Imperial lighter 234 Independence ship 39 India iron propeller 80, 99 International wooden steamer 246 Iosco wooden steamer 192-6, 262 Iron City propeller 49 Ivanhoe ship 88, 91-2 J Bigler schooner 114 J C Gilchrist wooden schooner 150 J H Mead schooner-barge 154-5 J H Wade steel steamer 220 J L Hurd wooden steamer 123-4 J P Morgan steel freighter 309-10 J T Hutchinson steel steamer 185 James B Neilson whaleback steamer 190 James G Blaine schooner 164 James Gayley steel steamer 243 James Mowatt schooner-barge 138, 149 James Pickands wooden steamer 142, 151 James Whalen tug 234 Japan iron propeller 80 Jares C King schooner-barge 153 Jay C Morse tug 124-5 Jennie R small steamer 127 Jesse H Farwell wooden steamer 159 Jesse Spaulding steel steamer 245 Joh Roen tug 304 John B Wilbor schooner-barge 179-80 John D Rockefeller steamer 182, 183 John Ely tug 54 John Harder wooden steamer 214 John J McWilliams steel steamer 143 John Jacob Astor brig 33-4, 356 John M Hutchinson schooner-barge 190-1 John Owen ship 326 John Stanaton steel steamer 219 Joliet ship 301 Jooseph H Block steamer 260 Juanita steamer 193 Jura schooner 73 Kalkaska steamer 154 Kamloops ship 290, 293 Kate Williams propeller tug 81 Kent schooner-barge 146 Keweenaw sidewheeler 45, 75-6, 83-4 L A McCorquodale aka Ralph Budd 298 L C Waldo steel steamer 246-52 L Edward Hines steamer 221 L R Doty wooden steamer 194, 195 Lac La Belle propeller 62 Lady Elgin sidewheeler 42-3 Lake Breeze wooden steamer 30 Lake Shore aka Altadoc 293 Lamont ship 312 Langham wooden steamer 238-9, 240 Laura Bell schooner 96 Leonard C Hanna steamer 304 Livingston wooden steamer 245 Lizzie A Law schooner-barge 221-2 Lizzie Sutton wooden steamer 98-9, 120-1 Louis B Demerias ship 312 Louisa bark 72 Louisiana wooden steamer 218 Lowell propeller 87 M Ballerd schooner 63 M M Drake ship 162 Mackinac CG icebreaker 315 Macotte wooden steamer 215 Magnet tug 68 Maia steel barge 201, 202 Manhattan ship 39 Manistee propeller 88, 94, 96, 105-8 Manistique tug 236, 241, 298 Maplehurst steel steamer 272-6 Marguerite sail yacht 169 Marigold lighthouse tender 224, 225 Mariposa steel steamer 150 Marriel tug 165 Martin Mullen steel steamer 192, 262 Mary Battle schooner-barge 116-7 Mary E Willis wooden tug 66, 69 Mary II gas launch 198 Mataafa steel steamer 232 Matanzas schooner-barge 211-3 Mautenee schooner 152-3 Maytham ship 333 Maythem tug 106 Mediator schooner-barge 154-5 Meldrum tug 165 Mentor tug 73, 74 Mesquite CG cutter 312 Michigan schooner-barge 128-9 Michigan sidewheeler 56 Michigan steamer 41 Middlesex steam barge 101-2 Miner sidewheel tug 46 Mineral Rock propeller 26, 39, 40-1, 56 Mingoe schooner-barge 296 Minnehaha schooner-barge 127 Montana wooden steamer 143-5 Monticello sidewheeler 36-9, 96 Moonlight schooner-barge 146 Moravia schooner-barge 197 Morrison tug 234 Motor Yacht gas launch 238 Muskalonge Lake aka Deer Park 318 Muskegon aka Peerless 101 Myles steam barge 121 Myron wooden steamer 244 Napoleon ship 39 Neilson ship 137 Nellie McGileray schooner 103 Nelson C Holland schooner-barge 197 Neshoto wooden steamer 136-7, 190 Norseman wooden steamer 147 North Lake steel steamer 277-8 North Star sail yacht 73 North Star sidewheeler 44-5, 83 Northern Light propeller 73 Northern Queen steel steamer 214 Northern Wave steamer 26, 136, 185-6 Northerner steamer 90 Nyack propeller 104, 115 Olive Jeanette schooner-barge 192-6, 262 Ontario tug 94 Orinoco wooden steamer 200 Oriole schooner 43 Osceola steamer 106 Otego tug 136 Pacific propeller 87-9, 139 Paisley schooner-barge 176-7 Panama wooden steamer 210-1 Pasadena schooner-barge 203 Pathfinder whaleback steamer 226-7 Peabody ship 69 Pearl B Campbell tug 146-7 Peerless propeller 100-1, 124 Peninsula propeller 40 Pennington schooner-barge 181 Pere Marquette wooden steamer 213 Perry G Walker aka Taurus 266 Peshtigo schooner 178 Pierpoint schooner 61 Planet sidewheeler 51, 53, 54, 56, 58, 79 Plowboy wooden steamer 188-9 Portage schooner 78 Pretoria schooner 192 R Halleron schooner-barge 162-3 R R Richardson steel steamer 264 Ralph Budd steel pkg freighter 289-90, 297 Reed Case schooner 122-3 Reindeer schooner 96 Relief wrecking tug 53 Rensselauer steel steamer 243 Resolute river boat 45 Richard Trimble steel steamer 297-9 Riverton aka Waldo 252 Roanoke wooden steamer 139-40 Robert Wallace steamer 335, 337 Rogers tug 194, 209 Ruhr Ore aka Cartiercliffe Hall 313 S D Caldwell propeller 70 S H Kimball schooner 125-6 S L Tilly steamer 138 S R Kirby composite freighter 259 S V Watson schooner 118 Sacrometo wooden steamer 232 Sagamore steel barge 226 Saginaw schooner 67 Saginaw Bay sidewheeler 50 Sailor Boy wooden steamer 277 Samoa wooden steamer 228-9 Samuel H Foster schooner-barge 207-8 Samuel H Squire steel steamer 289 Samuel Mather steel steamer 278, 301 Sarian steel steamer 309 Sarnia City tug 236 Schoolcraft steamer 225 Schuylkill schooner-barge 126-7, 128 Scotia iron steamer 115-6, 197 Scow wooden scow 121 Scranton iron package freighter 220, 222 Selden E Martin schooner-barge 221 Selwyn Eddy steel steamer 150 Sevona steel steamer 192 Shawnee schooner-barge 159, 161 Sir Trevor Dawson aka Charles L Hutchinson 279 Sir Trevor Dawson ship 235 Smith Moore steamer 142 Southwest schooner 83-4, 155, 158 Spokane steel steamer 217 St Clair sidewheeler 89-91 St Louis ship 88 St Paul propeller 74 Stadacona steamer 243 Standard Oil barge No. 86 barge 220 Stanstead aka Clyde 120 Steel Vendor steel crane ship 301-3 Steelmotor steel crane ship 302 Sunbeam sidewheeler 56, 57-60 Sunberry schooner 52 Superior aka Ralph Budd 298 susie q fish tug 314 Susquehanna steamer 28 Swain tug 106 Tampa wooden steamer 194 Taurus steel steamer 265-6 Thomas Friant wooden steamer 177 Thomas Mayham ship 280, 281, 286-8 Thomas Quayle tug 118 Thomas W Lamont steamer 312 Thomas W Palmer composite steamer 187-8 Thomas Wilson whaleback steamer 187 Three Brothers schooner 113 Thunder Cape tug 314 Tioga iron package freighter 267-71 Toledo propeller 159-61 Toledo steamer 136 Tom Adams steamer 239 Torch Lake tug 53, 79, 310-1 Tramp fish tug 212 Transport iron barge 303 Traveller sidewheeler 65 Turret Chief steel turret steamer 251, 253-6 Uganda wooden steamer 194, 195 Union propeller 64-5 Uranus steel steamer 202-3 Valerie tug 140, 236 Victory steamer 201 Viking schooner-barge 128-9 Viking steamer 143 Vulcan steel steamer 264-5 W B Castle tug 146 W Colin aka Clyde 120 W H Becker steel steamer 276 W H Sawyer steamer 296 W K Moore schooner-barge 143 W R Taylor schooner 113-4 Wasaga wooden steamer 240 Water Witch propeller 50 Wayne schooner-barge 207-8 Wenona schooner-barge 153 Western Star steel steamer 202 Westmont steamer 240 Willam F Sauber wooden steamer 194, 195 William C Moreland steel steamer 232-7, 256 William G Clyde ship 301 William P Rend wooden steamer 186 William P Snyder, Jr steel steamer 245 Winslow steamer 131, 133 Winslow tug 88 Wissahickon aka Wasaga 240 Woodlands aka Middlesex 102 Yakima wooden steamer 179, 181 dz