AMERICAN CHAMPION (1866, Scow Schooner)

Year of Build:

1866

Official Number:

29300

Built at:

Trenton, MI

Vessel Type:

Scow Schooner

Hull Materials:

Wood

Number of Decks:

1

Builder Name:

H. Baker

Number of Masts:

2

Length:

117'

Beam:

27'

Depth:

7'

Tonnage (gross):

155.65

Final Location:

Near Leamington, ONT.
Lake Erie.

Date:

2 Oct 1875

How:

Wrecked in gale.

Final Cargo:

Wood.

Notes:

Driven ashore in a storm and sunk; crew all safe; stripped & abandoned.

1866-69 Enrolled Detroit, MI.

1871-73 Owned Robert White, Trenton, MI.

1872, Oct 10 Damaged Lake Erie, towed into Buffalo.

1875, Oct 2 Wrecked; owned P.Gilcher (et al), Detroit.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie

Sources:

Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory

C. E. Feltner Enrollments Database

Newspaper Clippings

Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley