| Date Built: 1842 | Builders: Appleby, Gilman, Buffalo, NY |
| Construction: Wooden Sidewheel Steamer | Owners: Hiram Burton, Buffalo, NY |
| Dimensions: 135 x 20 x 9,BR>131 Gross tons | Cargo: Passengers & Packet Freight for TBI lighthouse & Fishermen |
Condition: Widely scattered, paddlewheel shafts found near shore, boilers rolled down the rock ledges to 50' |
Location: Near Thunder Bay Island Light off of shoal | Depth: 15-50' |
Date of Loss: October 8, 1850 |
GPS: Sidewheel&brick N45 01.932 W83 11.527 Sidewheel N45 01.968 W83 11.505 Boiler1&2 N45 01.864 W83 11.489 Boiler3 N45 01.855 W83 11.544 |
Type of Loss: Grounded in storm on Thunder Bay Island reef. | Loss of Life: none |
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Co-ordinates are informational only, they maybe inaccurate and should
NOT BE USED FOR NAVIGATIONAL PURPOSES! |
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While re-supplying Thunder Bay Island Light she was caught by a storm and stranded on the limestone ledge at the SE end of Thunder Bay Island. Her machinery was striped and left ashore. Then in a storm on Nov. 28 all was washed away and her remaining hull drifted away.
