Posted by Steve on September 02, 1999 at 02:00:55:
In Reply to: Shipwrecks on the St. Clair River posted by Adam Blumer on January 21, 1998 at 09:06:39:
: Greetings. Came across your site today and was fascinated. I am writing a novel and looking for information about shipwrecks in the St. Clair River, if there are any. Any details you can provide would be appreciated. I'm not sure where to find this information, but if would greatly help me in the writing of my novel, since a fictitious wreck is used in my novel, and I would like to base the wreck on a real occurrence. Please advise. Thanks.
: Adam Blumer
Hi Adam,
I was born in Port Huron in 1960, and moved to California in 1984, where I still reside. As a boy, I remember lake freighters colliding in the narrow, twisting passages of the S.C. River near the Blue Water Bridge and the mouth of Lake Huron. One ship, the Edmund Smith, was cut into pieces and hauled to the shore where the Thomas Edison Inn now stands. I went to the pile of scrap and claimed a piece as a souvenir. I believe that the shipping schedule doesn't allow freighters to pass in the tighter passages anymore. I have not checked, but there may be an Edmund Smith web site. Anyway, good luck with your novel and let me know when it's published. I would enjoy reading it.
Sincerely,
Steve
p.s. There used to be a daily article in the Port Huron Times Herald titled "Ships That Ply The Lake"; a daily account of freighter passings and anecdotes. It might be of help.