Wrecks in this table all share the common denominators that they ended their careers in or around the Keweenaw Peninsula and that their remains have yet to be positively identified. Several of the vessels in this table have an excellent potential for discovery and subsequent archeological study, while others will clearly never be found. Still others were probably removed but are included here because no definitive record can be found verifying that their remains were removed. A great deal of ongoing research is being conducted into each of these losses and in every case, far more information about the vessel is known than is presented here. Researchers who are interested in receiving more information about any vessels in this table should email Brendon Baillod. A key has been included denoting the relative prospects for locating the remains of each vessel.
Key: * Location well known, likely to be found ** General location known, could be found *** Location poorly known, unlikely to be found + Deepwater foundering, probably not divable ? Remains may have been removed
Sch. Chippewa** | 1839 | 44.6x10.7x4.7 | 20.16 gt. BOM | 12/6/1847 - Off Eagle River, possibly Sawtooth Reef |
Sch. Fur Trader** | 1843 | 80.0x14.6x4.11 | 52.10 gt. BOM | 11/1852 - On reefs outside of Eagle Harbor |
Sch. Swallow? | 1840 | 67.5x19.10x7.7 | 87.94 gt. BOM | Fall 1859 - Driven ashore and broke up in Portage Canal |
Riv.St.s. Resolute? | 1857 | 80x11x2.5 | 20 gt. BOM | 5/1859 - Hit rock and sank in Ontonagon River |
St.s. Gazelle (located) | 1858 | 190x27x11 | 422.38 gt. BOM | 9/8/1860 - Strnd. at Eagle Hrbr |
St.s. Sunbeam+ | 1861 | 169.1x23.7x10.3 | 398 gt. BOM | 8/28/1863 - Capsized and sank well off Eagle River |
Drg. "Mendota Dredge"* | c. 1860 | c. 70x20x5 | c. 100 gt. | 11/1866 - Sank 3 mi. south of Traverse Island |
Sch. George W. Ford? | 1852 | 85.0x23.8x6.0 | 127.13 gt. BOM | 8/12/1870 - Ran on rocks outside Eagle Harbor |
Sc.Sch. Chaska** | 1869 | 76.0xc.23xc.5 | 47.0 gt. | 8/28/1871 - Driven ashore by Ontonagon |
Tug. Ed Gallagher** | 1863 | c. 35x10x5 | 8 gt. | 8/15/1873 - Exploded on Torch Lake and sank |
Sch. Cambridge** | 1867 | 165x28x12.5 | 445 gt. | 8/30/1873 - Aground on Big Bay Point |
St.s. St. Clair*** | 1867 | 127.4x25.8x10.1 | 326 gt. | 7/9/1876 - Burned and sank off 14 Mile Point |
Tug. John Chassell? | 1868 | 50.7x10.0x3.1 | 17.94 gt. | 10/23/1876 - Burned at South Entry - Scuttled |
Sch.bge. Nellie McGilvray? | 1870 | 150xc.27xc.8 | 427.60 gt. | 8/28/1882 - Struck South Entry Pier - Sank, dynamited |
St.s. Manistee+ | 1867 | 184x30x10 | 677 gt. | 11/15/1883 - Went missing 10-15 miles off Ontonagon |
Sch. John Bigler+ | 1866 | 144x26x12 | 351 gt. | 9/3/1884 - Foundered c. 10 mi north of Huron Islands |
Sch. Golden Rule? | c. 1880 | c. 40x10x5 | c. 20 gt. | 9/13/1885 - Capsized and foundered off Ontonagon |
St.s. Thomas Quayle? | 1867 | 125x21x12 | 245 gt. | 10/28/1885 - Burned & scuttled at Ontonagon |
Tug. M.D. Carrington? | 1875 | 67.5x16.0x8.6 | 64 gt. | 5/17/1885 - Burned on Keweenaw Bay |
Sch. Reed Case? | 1869 | 137.0x26.0x13.9 | 330 gt. | 10/19/1888 - Sank off North Entry piers |
St.s. Bessemer? | 1875 | 177.7x28.2x15.5 | 590 gt. | 10/5/1889 - Sank inside North Entry piers, dynamited |
Sch.bge. Schuylkill? | 1873 | c. 152x25x14 | 472.48 gt. | 10/5/1889 - Sank inside North Entry piers, dynamited |
Sch.bge. Comrade+ | 1883 | 199.4x34.2x14.2 | 910 gt. | 9/13/1890 - Foundered c. 10 mi. off Misery Bay |
Sch.bge. Guiding Star** | 1867 | 163.9x26.9x11.8 | 384 gt. | 8/31/1892 - Driven on rocks at Big Bay Point |
St.s. Roanoke*** | 1867 | 217.5x31.2x12.5 | 1069 gt. | 8/7/1894 - Burned and sank c. 10 mi. off 14 Mile Point |
Sch.bge. A.W. Comstock+ | 1895 | 200x36x12.6 | 805.9 gt. | 9/23/1895 - Sank c. 18 mi. west of Stannard Rock |
Tug. Pearl B. Campbell+ | 1883 | 55.2x15.8x6.9 | 22.22 gt. | 12/7/1895 - Sank c. 5 mi. north of Huron Islands |
St.s. B.W. Arnold (located) | 1885 | 202.3x36x13.2 | 944 gt. | 11/21/1896 -Burned and ashore at Salmon-Trout River |
Sch.bge. Henry A. Kent+ | 1873 | 194.7x35.8x14.3 | 772 gt. | 9/18/1897 - Foundered c. 8 mi. north of Stannard Rock |
Sch.bge. Wenona? | 1857 | 193.3x30.5x11.0 | 496 gt. | 9/7/1898 - Ashore 1 mi. west of North Entry |
St.s. Toledo? | 1862 | 181x31.6x10.3 | 579 gt. | 10/29/1898 - Stranded off North Entry pierheads |
Sch.bge. R. Hallaran+ | 1880 | 189.1x36.6x16.0 | 698 gt. | 5/2/1900 - Foundered west of Stannard Rock |
Tug. Fern (located) | 1883 | 64.6x18.2x6.2 | 48 gt. | 6/29/1901 - Foundered on wreck of Colorado - Sawtooth Reef |
Sail.yct. Marguerite? | c. 1900 | c. 35x10x5 | 5 gt. | 6/29/1901 - Driven on Eagle River beach, aband. |
St.s. Hudson+ | 1888 | 288x41x23 | 2294 gt. | 9/16/1901 - Sank c. 8 mi. off Eagle River |
Two Scows? | c.1880 | c.100 ft. ea. | c.100 gt. ea. | 11/1901 – Driven ashore c. 1 mi. west of North Entry |
Sch.bge. D.H. Keyes? | 1873 | 121.9x26.5x7.6 | 183 gt. | 11/12/1901 - Ashore at 14 Mile Point |
St.s. Bannockburn+ | 1893 | 245x40.1x18.4 | 1620 gt. | 11/21/1902 - West missing east of Manitou Isl. |
St.s. Thomas W. Palmer+ | 1889 | 281x41x20 | 2134 gt. | 5/16/1905 - Sank c. 10 mi. west of Stannard Rock |
Sch.bge. John Hutchinson* | 1873 | 229.3x36.8x14.5 | 980 gt. | 8/17/1905 - Foundered off 14 Mile Point |
St.s. Iosco** | 1891 | 291x41x19.8 | 2051 gt. | 9/2/1905 - Foundered east of Huron Islands |
Sch.bge. Olive Jeanette** | 1890 | 242x39x16 | 1271 gt. | 9/2/1905 - Foundered north of Huron Islands |
Sch.bge. Pasadena? | 1889 | 250x40x13.2 | 1760 gt. | 10/8/1906 - Struck North Entry pier and broke up |
Sch.bge. Samuel H. Foster** | 1873 | 189.2x33.7x12.5 | 672 gt. | 10/8/1906 - Driven ashore in Misery Bay |
Tug. Adventurer? | 1895 | 51.5x11.2x6.3 | 16 gt. | 12/16/1906 - Driven ashore at Ontonagon |
Tug. Buffalo? | 1887 | 68.6x17.2x9.6 | 60.37 gt. | 4/29/1907 - Sunk by ice off High Point, Portage Canal |
St.s. Samoa (located)* | 1880 | 205.5x34.5x17.7 | 1096 gt. | 9/22/1909 - Burned & scuttled at Torch Lake |
"Motor Yacht"** | c. 1900 | c. 35x10x5 | c. 10 gt. | 10/15/1910 - Driven aground at Huron Islands |
Drg. Duluth? (recovered) | c. 1910 | c. 70x20x5 | c.100 gt. | 7/14/1912 - Foundered off Ontonagon |
St.s. James Gayley+ | 1902 | 416x50x28 | 4777 gt. | 8/7/1912 - Collision, foundered south of Manitou Isl. |
Gas. Toodles (located) | 1904 | c.35x10x5 | 10 gt. | 9/3/1914 - Burned off Pt. Abbaye |
Gas. Reliance** | 1914 | c.40x10x5 | 17 gt. | 7/22/1914 - Burned just east of Pt. Abbaye |
Gas. Liola R.? | 1912 | 42.0x8.5x4.0 | 12 gt. | 5/13/1915 - Burned and scuttled at Houghton |
St.s. S.R. Kirby+ | 1890 | 286x41.5x22.3 | 2338 gt. | 5/8/1916 - Broke in two, foundered off Eagle Harbor |
St.s. John Owen+ | 1889 | 281x41x20 | 2127 gt. | 11/12/1919 - Foundered off Manitou Island |
Tug. Annie R. Hennes? | 1884 | 59.8x12.5x6.0 | 47.0 gt. | 6/30/1920 - Abandoned Lake Linden |
Gas. Huron Islands (located) | 1910 | 35.2x9.0x3.5 | 9 gt. | 11/30/1922 - Foundered Huron Islands, may have been found |
Tug. E.D. Holton* | 1874 | 58.8x14.6x6.7 | 24 gt. | 8/31/1927 - Burned & scuttled by Dollar Bay |
Sch.bge. Mingoe*** | 1893 | 198.5x36x12 | 712 gt. | 5/24/1928 - Foundered off Huron Islands |
Gas. Eleanora? | 1924 | 34.2x9.8x4.2 | 9 gt. | 8/5/1935 - Ashore at Keweenaw Point |
St.s. Steelvendor+ | 1923 | 250.3x42.9x17.2 | 1695 gt. | 9/3/1942 - Foundered off Manitou Island |
Gas. Victory (located) | 1942 | 33.6x10.4x4.6 | 15 gt. | 5/1/1950 - Burned off Big Traverse, came ashore |
Gas. Water Lily? | 1928 | 31.8x9.4x2.8 | 7.0 gt. | 7/5/1958 - Burned Rabbit Bay |
Gas. Wigeon* | 1938 | 28.1x9.2x4.1 | 9.0 gt. | 3/17/1965 – Foundered Little Traverse Bay |
Gas. Viking II *** | 1938 | 32.4x11.9x3.4 | 14.0 gt. | 9/26/1973 – Burned Big Bay |
Gas. Susie Q *** | c. 1950 | c. 40x10x5 | 20 gt. | 12/31/1985 - Foundered off Big Bay Point |