Year of Build:

1847

Official Number:

313

Built at:

St. Joseph, MI

Vessel Type:

Schooner

Note: Also described as barge.

Hull Materials:

Wood

Number of Decks:

1

Builder Name:

A. Gilmore

Original Owner:

A. Raymond

Tonnage (old style):

269

Final Location:

Pelee Island.
Lake Erie.

Date:

22 May 1880

How:

Foundered in storm.

Final Cargo:

Lumber.

Notes:

Anchored in storm, stern was wrenched off and she sank. Cargo removed by scow RUSSIA a few days later.

1847 Enrolled Detroit, also described as 216 tons and 350 tons.

1848 Enrolled Buffalo, NY.

1849 Enrolled Cleveland, OH.

1849 Detroit District; 269.65 old style tons.

1849 Buffalo Creek District.

1850 Collision with propeller TROY off Erie, PA; had 450 barrels flour.

1851-66 Enrolled Buffalo, NY.

1863 Repaired; owned R. Cardonell or Cardonne, Buffalo, NY.

1864 Owned R. Cardonne or Cardonell, Buffalo, NY.

1864 Sunk at Buffalo; recovered.

1865 214 gross tons.

1866 Owned Buffalo; 265 tons

1867 Rebuilt &enlarged at Conneaut, OH.

1868 Buffalo District; 216.10 tons.

1871 Owned Charles Hanscom; Buffalo,NY.

1872 New outfit.

1876 Owned A. Starkey, Buffalo, NY.

1877, Nov 5 Driven ashore near New Glasgow, ONT (Lake Erie). Rescued Nov 12 by tug WINSLOW & taken to Detroit.

1878, Mar 23 Sold by US Marshall, Detroit, MI.

1878 Damaged in storm, 6 crewmen lost.

1879 Described as barge.

1880, May 22 Sank.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie

Sources:

Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory

C. E. Feltner Enrollments Database

Erik Heyl, Early American Steamers

Newspaper Clippings

Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley