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Shipwreck List - Lake Huron Shoreline - Adjacent to the Port of Goderich
The following list annotates current records of shipwrecks probably located in the vicinity of the Port of Goderich. The research details were compiled by reviewing microfiche copies of "The Huron Signal" and "The Star" as available at the Goderich Branch of the Huron County Library.
Extensive use was also made, with permission, of The Great Lakes Shipwreck File: Total Losses of Great Lakes Ships, 1679 - 1998; © 1999 - David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI.
References to the 'Bone Yard' refer to an area, South of the former South pier, currently West of the Rotary Arch at the entrance to the new South beach. The 'Bone Yard' was the repository for derelict vessels or wreck remains that were purposely sunk or moved to that area. Currently at least three, possibly five vessel components, are visible on the lake bottom in that area.
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Smashed on North Pier in gale - reported in Signal 1853, Nov 24, Captain Morrison | |
Abercorn | |
Other names : none Official no. : 105361 Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight "rabbit" Build info : 1873, Morley & Hill, Marine City, MI Specs : 126x26x11 261g 191n Date of loss : 1904, Sep 5 Place of loss : At Goderich, Ont. Lake : Huron Type of loss : fire Loss of life : (none) Carrying : coal Detail : Burned at dock while unloading. She reportedly caught fire from the explosion of signal lamp. Her remains were abandoned in place, but one source states that the hulk was sold Canadian in 1905.. Reported by Signal to be removed to 'Bone Yard' (South of former S Pier) 1904, Sep 16 Owned by W. Willoughby of Cleveland. |
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Amelia | |
Other names : ? Official no. : ?(C none) Type at loss : schooner, wood (2-m) Build info : ?(1836, J. Randall, Oakville, Ont.) Specs : ?(91x19x7, 106 t.) Date of loss : 1864, Nov (8) Place of loss : off Goderich, Ont. Lake : Huron Type of loss : foundered Loss of life : ? Carrying : ? Detail : Foundered in shallow water in a storm and reported pounded to pieces by the 28th. Recovered, rebuilt as barge, which was lost soon after. |
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Ark | |
Other names : built on burned out hull of steamer E.K. COLLINS(qv) Official no. : none Type at loss : barge, wood Build info : 1853, Newport, MI as a sidewheel passenger steamer. Specs : ca. 254 ft. Date of loss : 1866, Oct 25 Place of loss : mid-lake Lake : Huron Type of loss : storm Loss of life : 6 Carrying : light Detail : Downbound from Saginaw, she disappeared into a storm after being lost from the tow of a tug. There was much speculation as to her whereabouts until large amounts of identifiable wreckage began washing ashore 100 miles north of Goderich, Ont. Her three towmates, the barges ELLIOTT, DETROIT and ONTARIO, all survived. (Location of wreckage washed ashore needs to be verified? Was it 10 miles North?) |
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Azov | |
Other names : none Official no. : C ? Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast Build info : 1866, J. Simpson, Wellington Square, (Burlington?), Ont Specs : 108x24x10 195t Date of loss : 1911, Oct 22 Place of loss : about 15 mi off Pte Aux Barques, MI Lake : Huron Type of loss : storm Loss of life : none of 6 Carrying : piling logs Detail : Sprang a leak, capsized and foundered in a storm. Her crew managed to escape in her boat and struggled the width of the lake in the gale to land near AZOV's homeport of Goderich. The ship's wreckage drifted ashore on the Canadian side days later. Collided with the propeller BRISTOL and sank on Lake Ontario in July, 1870. Rebuilt in 1906. |
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Brothers | |
Other names : ? Official no. : ? Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast Build info : 1852, H.Marlton, Goderich, Ont. Specs : 62x16x7, 64g 57n Date of loss : 1869, early Spring Place of loss : off Goderich, Ont. Lake : Huron Type of loss : ice Loss of life : none Carrying : ? Detail : Caught in an ice field and hull crushed. Another schooner BROTHERS was reported lost near Port Burwell in 1833. |
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James Carruthers | |
Other names : none; sometimes seen as JAMES C. CARRUTHERS Official no. : C131090 Type at loss : propeller, steel, bulk freight Build info : 1913, Collingwood Shipbuilding, Collingwood, Ont. hull# 38 Specs : 529x58x27 7862gc 5606nc Date of loss : 1913, Nov 11 Place of loss : off Kincardine, Ont. Lake : Huron Type of loss : storm Loss of life : 25 [all] Carrying : 10,000 t wheat Detail : This modern steamer was overwhelmed and foundered in the "Big Storm" of 1913. Probably capsized in the greatest Great Lakes storm on record. She was brand-new and was the largest Canadian laker when lost. (Wreckage said to be found in late 80's.) In the year 2000, rumours abound as to the location of the wreck. It is said that divers from Kincardine are currently diving on a 500' wreck near Point Clark. Should this information be verified, the vessel is most likely the remains of the Carruthers. |
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Jacques Cartier | |
Other names : none Official no. : C71253 Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight "steambarge" Build info : 1870, Napoleon Muron, Detroit built as a pass & pkg freight vessel Specs : 85x19x5, 74gc 66nc Date of loss : 1878, Oct 28 Place of loss : near Goderich, Ont. Lake : Huron Type of loss : storm Loss of life : ? Carrying : ? Detail : Wrecked in a storm, but there is little detail. Out of Windsor. Location & date also given as "near Kincardine, Nov, 1878." Sold Canadian in 1875. |
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Clayton | |
Other names : none Official No. : 4332 Type at loss : bark, wood, 3-mast Build info : 1854, John Oades, Clayton, NY Specs : 136 ft, 298 t. Date of loss : 1868 Place of loss : unreported Lake : Huron Type of loss : collision Loss of life : ? Carrying : ? Detail : no detail Reg. out of Chicago (Huron County museum records cite 1868 June collision with E. Corniey at Goderich) |
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Colonel Camp / Colonel E. Camp | |
Other names : none Official No. : none Type at loss : bark, wood, 3-mast Build info : 1854, A. Wilcox, Three Mile Bay, NY Specs : 137(oa)x26x11, 350 t. Date of loss : 1856, Sep 20 Place of loss : Near the Manitous Islands, northern Lake Michigan Lake : Michigan Type of loss : collision Loss of life : none Carrying : wheat Detail : Downbound for Oswego, she sank following a collision with the steamer PLYMOUTH (see 1913 loss) and went down in a few minutes. Owned by Col. E.E. Camp of Sackett's Harbor and homeported at Oswego (Huron County Museum seems to report vessel of same name & description 1854, Dec 04 wrecked at Goderich) |
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Colonel Carry | |
Other names : ? Official no. : none (C) Type at loss : bark, wood, 3-mast Build info : ? Specs : ? Date of loss : 1854 Place of loss : off Goderich, Ont. Lake : Huron Type of loss : (storm) Loss of life : ? Carrying : ? Detail : no detail. See FRANCE. |
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Lily Dancey | |
Other names : none also seen as LILLIE DANAY Official no. : C none Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast Build info : 1856, Marlton, Goderich, Ont. Specs : 92x21x10, 132gc 125nc Date of loss : 1865, Nov 7 Place of loss : near Port Elgin or Kincardine, Ont. Lake : Huron Type of loss : storm Loss of life : none Carrying : grain Detail : She was driven ashore by a gale and vessel and cargo were reported a total loss, but her cargo was later recovered. The vessel broke up by Nov 27. Probably owned by Dancy & Marlton, Goderich. Also sunk near Port Elgin, Ont., in 1856. Shown in 1866 Canadian Lake Underwiter's List as "on the beach." |
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Dredge | |
Off Bayfield, 65' depth, 1932 (see Star) This vessel has be 'found in the year 2000 by a sports fisherman and boater, Joe Durand. He has provided the Bayfield Historical Society with a heritage presentation related to this site. The exact location is yet to be made public. | |
Dundenbury | |
Schooner, reported to be in collision with prop Empire State, 1868, Aug, at Goderich, HCM records. | |
Evening Star | |
Other names : none Official no. : C ? Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast Build info : 1882, Ashfield, Ont. Specs : 56x18x7, 52 gt. Date of loss : 1894, Sep 12 Place of loss : Fisherman Bay, near Goderich, Ont. Lake : Huron Type of loss : storm Loss of life : ? Carrying : ? Detail : Stranded and wrecked in a north'er. Registered out of Goderich; (Another vessel - same name? Captain Thorburn, 5m N of Harbour, 5m offshore.. check Signal 1868, Jun 11) |
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Exchange | |
Other names : none Official no. : C61141 Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast Build info : 1867, J. Cusson, Bay City, MI Specs : 73x16x5, 34gc 34nc Date of loss : 1873 Place of loss : near Goderich, Ont. Lake : Huron Type of loss : (storm) Loss of life : ? Carrying : ? Detail : "Wrecked" no detail. Registration documents were surrendered in Mar, 1884. Sold Canadian in 1871. |
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France | |
Other names : ?
Official no. : none |
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General Meade | |
Moved to Bone Yard, no date; also 2 scows (listed with Olga, 1905; source: Star | |
Gilly / Gilley | |
Other names : built as schooner B. ET T. Official no. : C138139 Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood Build info : 1916, Anse St. Jean, PQ as a schooner Specs : 73x28, 94gt Date of loss : 1937, Sep 18 Place of loss : 12 mi N of Goderich, Ont. Lake : Huron Type of loss : stranded Loss of life : ? Carrying : ? Detail : Stranded and lost. Rebuilt from a schooner to a tug in 1920. |
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Goliah | |
Other names : often seen as GOLIATH Official no. : none Type at loss : propeller, wood, passenger & package freight Build info : 1846, O.M. Goodsell, St. Clair, MI Specs : 131x26x9, 279 t. Date of loss : 1848, Sep 13 Place of loss : off Lexington, MI Lake : Huron Type of loss : explosion/storm Loss of life : 18 (all) Carrying : gen. merch, lumber, bricks and 205 kegs of blasting powder Detail : Sparks from her stack apparently started a fire which touched off her cargo, resulting in a blast which reduced the upper part of the vessel to floating matchwood. The floating remains of the steamer drifted ashore near Goderich, Ont., on the 20th. The main wreck was discovered by Dave Trotter, Undersea Research Associates in the early 1980s about 10 miles SE of Harbour Beach in about 140' of water. The bottom of the hull is in good shape, with the engine in place and completely exposed, some of the stern rail, and the Ericson twin screws. Owned by D.N. Barney of Buffalo. Probably also the vessel which sprung a leak and was wrecked off Black R., Lake Erie, in 1846. |
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Edwin F. Holmes | |
1913, Nov 11, Goderich - no other information | |
Honelia | |
Schooner, collision at Goderich, 1864, Nov, no other information; HCM | |
Lewis Hotchkiss | |
Other names : none Official no. : C Type at loss : barge, wood Build info : 1870, Morrill, Collingwood (or Goderich or Owen Sound) Specs : 210x40x13, 1001 t. Date of loss : 1891, Sep 5 Place of loss : 25 mi W of Goderich, Ont. Lake : Huron Type of loss : (storm) Loss of life : ? Carrying : ? Detail : Foundered, no other detail. Out of Toronto She was the largest lumber vessel on the lakes from the time she was built 'til 1886, when the WAHNIPITAE(qv) was built |
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Lady Elgin | |
Other names : ? Official no. : C Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood Build info : Specs : "small" Date of loss : 1887, Oct 23 Place of loss : 1 mi above Goderich, Ont. Lake : Huron Type of loss : storm Loss of life : (none) Carrying : ? Detail : She drove ashore in a gale the 23rd and was reported broken up by the 26th. Capsized in a gale and Nov 12, 1882 and lost all 3 hands near Chantry Island, Southampton, Ont.. |
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Lurline | |
Other names : none Official no. : C90780 Type at loss : steam yacht and cargo vessel, wood Build info : 1888, W. Lane, Walkerville, Ont. Specs : 79x16x8, 66gc 40nc Date of loss : 1907, Oct 26 Place of loss : at Goderich, Ont. Lake : Huron Type of loss : (storm) Loss of life : ? Carrying : ? Detail : Wrecked while entering the harbor, total loss. (collided with breakwater: Star) |
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Maggie | |
Other names : built as schooner SPEEDWELL, renamed when sold Canadian Official no. : C none Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood Build info : 1847, Sanford & Moses, Cleveland Specs : 94x23x9, 160 t. Date of loss : 1871, Aug 31 Place of loss : near Goderich, Ont Lake : Huron Type of loss : storm Loss of life : none Carrying : lumber Detail : Bound Tawas for Detroit, she went ashore and was wrecked. Out of Montreal. Recovered: vessel MAGGIE built Cleveland, 1847 as SPEEDWELL, sold Canadian, 1861, and rebuilt to 97x22x8, 106 t. 2-mast schooner. "sold by U.S. Marshall Mar. 1881." |
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Malakoff | |
Other names : Official no. : US Type at loss : schooner, wood Build info : 18?? Specs : Date of loss : 1857, Nov Place of loss : 4 miles off Goderich, Ont. Lake : Huron Type of loss : storm/foundering Loss of life : none Carrying : coal Detail : Bound Cleveland for Chicago, she encountered a gale and was forced onto a reef near Nine Mile Point, Straits of Mackinac, where she was temporarily abandoned Oct. 21. On Nov 5, the tug RESCUE pulled her off and was making for Detroit in heavy weather when the canvas jacket over the hole in her hull washed off and the pump which was keeping her clear of water clogged with coal. She sank by the head in 30 feet of water. Only her cargo and the valuable pump were saved. Rebuilt at Milan OH, in 1856-7. A Canadian propeller MALAKOFF also existed at this time. Burned at Montreal in 1859. |
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Malta | |
Shoreline South of Bayfield, 1882, Nov; check records with Bayfield Archives for available details. | |
Marine City | |
Other names : none Official no. : 50516 Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2 mast Build info : 1866, Somers, Marine City, MI as a schooner-barge Specs : 147x28x11, 338g 321n Date of loss : 1901, Nov 11 Place of loss : off Goderich, Ont. (said to be 5-6 miles off entrance to Port of Goderich, source: Star) Lake : Huron Type of loss : storm Loss of life : 4 [all] Carrying : pulpwood Detail : Bound Blind River, Ont. for Detroit, she went on the rocks at Scarecrow Isl., S of Thunder Bay, MI and was abandoned by her crew. She later slipped off the reef and drifted out into the lake. Steamer INDIA found her abandoned and put 4 men aboard in heavy seas to tow her in, but she drifted away and finally wrecked near the Canadian side. Built at 128x27x9, 367 t., rebuilt and enlarged in 1875. |
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Mariposa | |
Steamer, 1918, Oct., Goderich - no other information | |
Mary | |
Other names : ? Official no. : none Type at loss : schooner, wood Build info : about 1835 Specs : 40 t. Date of loss : 1844, Fall Place of loss : mouth of Saginaw Bay Lake : Huron Type of loss : foundered Loss of life : (none) Carrying : ? Detail : She swamped and was abandoned in the mouth of the Bay, wreckage drifting ashore near Goderich a few days later. |
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Mary and Lucy | |
Other names : none Official no. : C77773 Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast Build info : 1855, Roderick Calkins, Cleveland [US# 17571] Specs : 94x23x7, 113gc/nc* Date of loss : 1879, Nov Place of loss : shore of Chantry Isl. near Southampton, Ont. Lake : Huron Type of loss : storm Loss of life : 3 Carrying : pine lumber Detail : She was driven into the shallows and wrecked by the action of waves. Four crewmen from the steamer MANITOBA attempted to take her crew off, but their yawl capsized and 3 of them were lost. Out of Goderich, Ont. Sold Canadian, 1879, after wrecking near Goderich. *Original measurements - rebuilt and enlarged at Algonac, MI, in 1866. |
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Mary Watson | |
Other names : none Official No. : C none Type at loss : schooner, wood Build info : 1853, G. Ford, Goderich, Ont. Specs : 72x17x8, 69 t. Date of loss : 1858, Oct 10 Place of loss : off Goderich, Ont. Lake : Huron Type of loss : storm Loss of life : ? Carrying : coal and salt Detail : Reported ashore and wrecked in a storm. (behind (old)north pier - Geminhart) |
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Mayflower | |
Other names : none Official No. : 16400 Type at loss : brig, wood, 2-mast Build info : 1844, A.A. & S.W. Turner, Cleveland Specs : 104x24x9, 209 t. Date of loss : 1867 Place of loss : unreported Lake : Huron Type of loss : storm Loss of life : ? Carrying : ? Detail : Foundered in a squall. Probably also the vessel that capsized off Black River, OH, in 1864, killing 8. (records at HCM refer to Goderich?) |
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Narragansett | |
Other names : none Official no. : 18110 Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast Build info : 1861, Quayle & Martin, Cleveland Specs : 140x26x12, 317g 301n Date of loss : 1901, May 13 Place of loss : off Port Sanilac, MI Lake : Huron Type of loss : storm Loss of life : none Carrying : none Detail : Her old hull sprang a leak and the vessel waterlogged. She was abandoned by her crew, but the steamer ADVANCE later picked her up and towed her for 3 hours before she sank 11 mi off Goderich, Ont. She had been bound Detour for Port Huron for repairs. Crew landed at Harbor Beach the 14th. Also reported wrecked near Hammond Bay, L. Huron, in the great gale of 1872. She was on her first lakes trip after a five-year venture on the Atlantic seacoast. major repair in 1880 |
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Niagra | |
1863, Sept., Signal ? | |
G.D. Norris | |
Other names : none sometimes seen as MORRIS, D.G. NORRIS Official no. : 10336 Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast Build info : 1856, G.W. Jones, Cleveland Specs : 128x26x11, 262g 252n Date of loss : 1887, Oct 24 Place of loss : near midlake Lake : Huron Type of loss : storm Loss of life : none Carrying : lumber Detail : . Bound Bay City for Cleveland in tow of OSWEGATCHIE(qv), she sank to her decks in a gale, later drifted ashore near Goderich, Ont. Her crew were rescued by the passing steamer BRECK. The stranded wreck was turned over to her U.S. owners on the 28th. Final disposition unknown, but document was surrendered at Port Huron in 1888. Major repair in 1883. Rebuilt in 1871. |
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Olga | |
Other names : none Official no. : 155029 Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood Build info : 1881, Rand & Burger, Manitowoc, as a schooner Specs : 137x30x10, 308g 293n Date of loss : 1905, Nov 26 Place of loss : NE of Oscoda, MI Lake : Huron Type of loss : storm Loss of life : none Carrying : (lumber) Detail : She was lost from the tow of the steamer F.A. MEYERS during a gale and was abandoned by her crew when she began to sink. They were picked up by the steamer MAUNALOA, which was out looking for her own lost barge MARSALA. OLGA drifted about for several days, becoming a serious hazard to shipping, 'til she finally went ashore near Goderich, Ont., and broke up. (said to be in Bone Yard; source: Star) |
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Parisien | |
Other names : ? Official no. : ? Type at loss : unreported Build info : ? Specs : ? Date of loss : 1890 Place of loss : near Goderich, Ont. Lake : Huron Type of loss : "lost" Loss of life : ? Carrying : ? Detail : no detail |
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Pfohl | |
Other names : built as propeller ST. PAUL, renamed in 1902 Official no. : 23755 Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight Build info : 1868, T. Arnold, Marine City, MI as a passenger/package freighter Specs : 198x31x11, Date of loss : 1905, May 20 Place of loss : off Goderich, Ont. Lake : Huron Type of loss : fire Loss of life : ? Carrying : ? Detail : She caught fire, burned to the waterline and sank. Originally 760 g., 525 n Rebuilt 1882, major repair, 1884, rebuilt to bulker in 1902 |
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Phillips | |
Tug; 1932, Mar 31, sunk in Goderich Harbour; raised and 1932, Sept 15 beached in bone yard (Star) | |
Pinafore | |
1887, Oct 04, as reported in the Star, no other information. | |
E.W. Rathburn | |
Other names : none also seen as E.W. RATHBURN and RATHBURNE Official no. : C Type at loss : schooner, wood Build info : 1866, J. Tait, Mill Pt. Ont. Specs : 149 ft, 200 t. Date of loss : 1886, Oct 19 Place of loss : off Goderich, Ont. Lake : Huron Type of loss : storm Loss of life : none Carrying : coal Detail : She foundered in a westerly gale. The crew clung to her rigging until rescued by a "government boat". Out of Napanee |
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Rockaway | |
Other names : none Official no. : none Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast Build info : 1852, A.S. Pruyn, Gibralter, MI Specs : 66x20x5, 53 t. om Date of loss : 1858 Place of loss : offshore from Goderich, Ont. Lake : Huron Type of loss : unreported Loss of life : ? Carrying : ? Detail : no detail Owned by D. O'Callaghan of Detroit. |
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Russia | |
1909, Dec 09 - (needs newspaper search) |
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St. Anthony |
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Other names : ? Official no. : none |
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Scotia | |
1928, Aug 16 - to bone yard: Signal | |
Starlight | |
Other names : also seen as STAR-LIGHT Official no. : 22390 Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast Build info : 1857, Kirby & Tripp*, Saginaw as a bark Specs : 134x30x11, 307g 292n Date of loss : 1883, Nov 17 Place of loss : near Goderich, Ont. Lake : Huron Type of loss : storm Loss of life : 4 [wrecking crew?] Carrying : two large steam pumps plus ? Detail : She broke loose from the tug ANDREW J. SMITH in a tremendous gale and was lost. Out of Chicago Rebuilt, 1867 at Detroit, rebuilt to schooner, 1873 *Martin Smith given on 1st enrollment document |
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Sterling | |
Other names : none Official no. : C none Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast Build info : 1850 or earlier, Geo. Stinks, Port Burwell, Ont. Specs : 54x7x7, 49 t. Date of loss : 1856 Place of loss : near Toronto Lake : Ontario Type of loss : (storm) Loss of life : ? Carrying : ? Detail : She was reported ashore and wrecked. Out of Port Burwell. Another schooner STERLING was reported lost at Goderich, Ont, in 1833. |
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Key Stons | |
Steamer, Goderich, 1861 November; HCM records. | |
Tecumseh | |
Other names : none Official no. : C80774 Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight Build info : 1873, Hyslop & Ronold, Chatham, Ont. Specs : 200x30x13, 839g 530n Date of loss : 1909, Jan 16 Place of loss : in harbor at Goderich, Ont. Lake : Huron Type of loss : fire Loss of life : none Carrying : none Detail : She burned to a total loss at her winter berth. (raised and moved to Bone Yard: Star) Sunk in Marquette, MI, harbor in 1898. Foundered 9 miles off Gore Bay in 1901. Major repair, 1874 |
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Tigress | |
1812 warship; check with Phil Geminhart, Bayfield. (oral report) | |
William Treat | |
Other names : none Official no. : 26170 Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight Build info : 1856, Wm. Treat, Euclid, OH as a brig Specs : 146x35x11, 389g Date of loss : 1883, Oct 3 Place of loss : Port Albert, Ont, N of Goderich Lake : Huron Type of loss : storm Loss of life : none Carrying : lumber Detail : Bound Bay City for Detroit in tow of tug J.P. CLARK with a group of other barges, she wallowed and became unmanageable in a storm. She was cut adrift by next barge forward, SEMINOLE, and abandoned off Sand Beach on the 27th. She drifted with her decks awash 'til part of her crew paddled 20 mi ashore in a makeshift raft. The rest of the crew and the boat came ashore on Canadian side the 3rd. |
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Troy | |
Other names : none Official no. : none Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight Build info : 1845, F.N. Jones, Maumee, OH Specs : 182x28x11, 546 t. om Date of loss : 1860 Place of loss : off Goderich, Ont. Lake : Huron Type of loss : unreported Loss of life : ? Carrying : ? Detail : Lost from unknown causes. Lhl shows her abandoned the next year. Owned by Buffalo & Lake Huron RR. Exploded and burned at Black Rock, NY, Mar 23, 1850, with loss of 22 lives [newspaper clippings say many fewer]. Recovered and rebuilt the next year. |
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Mary Watson | |
Other names : none Official no. : C none Type at loss : schooner, wood Build info : 1853, G. Ford, Goderich, Ont. Specs : 72x17x8, 69 t. Date of loss : 1858, Oct 10 Place of loss : off Goderich, Ont. Lake : Huron Type of loss : storm Loss of life : ? Carrying : coal and salt Detail : Reported ashore near the "north pier" and wrecked in a storm. Owned by the Seymours of Goderich. |
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Western Star | |
Other names : ? Official no. : (C?) Type at loss : schooner, wood Build info : (1854, Bliss, (Sheboygan)) Specs : (102x28x9) Date of loss : 1854, Nov Place of loss : near Goderich, Ont. Lake : Huron Type of loss : unreported Loss of life : ? Carrying : ? Detail : Wrecked, no detail. (Owned by A.P. Lyman of Sheboygan) |
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Wexford | |
Other names : built as WEXFORD, renamed ELISE in 1890, named WEXFORD again in 1894. Official no. : C87342 Type at loss : propeller, steel, bulk freight "3-island" Build info : 1883, Doxford and Sons, Sunderland, Eng. hull# 145 Specs : 250x40x17, 2800 t Date of loss : 1913, Nov 10 Place of loss : off St. Joseph's, Ont. Lake : Huron Type of loss : storm Loss of life : 17 [all] Carrying : steel rails Detail : She was overwhelmed and sunk by the "Big Storm" of 1913. Wreck reportedly discovered in 1975, but the location is still a secret. During a sidescan sonar search of the Black's Point area, South of Goderich, in the summer of 2000, the wreckage was definitively identified, South of the search zone, following its accidental discovery by a Grand Bend fisherman, Don Chalmers. The first documentation dive was completed by Don Chalmers, Bob Carey - Chair of the Port of Goderich Marine Heritage Committee, and Brent Bamford, Acting President of the Goderich Chapter of 'Save Ontario Shipwrecks'. Sidescan work was completed by David Trotter, Undersea Research Associates on the tug 'Danel Mac' owned by Dick Peever, Maitland Valley Marina. Additional sidescan work continued in the Goderich area in 2001 to provide additional clues about the unexpected wreckage site further South than all evidence indicated. An official survey is proceeding under license to Bob Carey of the Marine Heritage Committee by the Province of Ontario. |