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A Lake Superior nor'easter forced this steel steamer hard aground, ripping a gaping hole
in her bow
           
Vessel Type: Steamer
           
Launched: 1890 Wrecked: 1905 Cause: storm and grounding
 
Location: On Sand Island Shoals, north of Sand Island, near Bayfield, Wisconsin
        
Depth: 18 to 20 feet
 
This wreck's location is marked with a mooring buoy.
 
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Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
 
 

 
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