Northeast Michigan Oral History and Historic Photograph Archive

KEEPSAKE (1880, Scow Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
KEEPSAKE
Year of Build:
1880
Official Number:
80573
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
River Puce, ONT
Vessel Type:
Scow Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
William Miller
Original Owner and Location:
William Miller, Maidstone, ONT.
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
72.6'
Beam:
19.9'
Depth:
3.7'
Tonnage (gross):
44.73
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Gull Island Reef, ONT.
Lake Erie.
Date:
Jul 1911
Notes:
Bound Pelee Island - Cedar Point, foundered; crew rescued, Mablehead Lifesavers. 1920, Feb 23 Registry closed.
History
Chronology:

1880, Sep 21 Registered Windsor, ONT.

1886 Owned Joshua Cucor, Maidstone, ONT.

1911, Jul Wrecked North side Gill Island Reef, Lake Erie; owned Henry Fleury, Belle River, ONT.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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