Lumberman Maritime Trails Marker
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Lumberman Maritime Trails Marker
 
Details
Attraction
Location
Body of Water: Lake Michigan
Trail Name: Lower Lake Michigan
Year Built: 2005
Nearest Address: Bender Park
Nearest City: Oak Creek
County: Milwaukee
Zip Code: 53154
Latitude: N 42°52.03'
Longitude: W -87°50.37'
Attraction
Features
Open to public?: Yes
Mooring buoy?: Yes
Mooring buoy in place?: No
Snorkelable?: No
Dive guide?: Yes
Trails sign?: Yes
National Register?: No
Attraction
Description
Four miles offshore from Bender Park, 60 feet beneath the surface of Lake Michigan, lies the well-preserved wreck the of Lumberman. For three decades, the three-masted wooden schooner hauled lumber, barrel staves, railroad ties, and other forest products from isolated towns on Lake Michigan to the hungry markets of Chicago. On April 6, 1893, Captain Orin Vose was sailing northward for the first load of the season. It was his first trip in command of the Lumberman. Suddenly, fierce southwest winds slammed into the ship. The crew frantically tried to shorten sail, but the winds were too strong. The Lumberman capsized and sank. Entangled in the rigging, Captain Vose almost drowned. But he and the crew climbed to the top of the masts, which protruded above the water when the Lumberman settled on the bottom. Three hours later, the passing steamer Menominee rescued the sailors from their cold, precarious perch. Today, the largely intact Lumberman reminds us of how much life on the Great Lakes has changed in the last 150 years.
 
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Attractions (2)
Lumberman Buoy
Lumberman Maritime Trails Marker
Shipwrecks (8)
Active (1845)
Flora Temple (1866)
Grace A. Channon (1873)
Henry Clay (1842)
Liberty (1861)
Lumberman (1862)
M.C. Springer (1887)
Rudolph Wetzel (1870)
Shipwrecks (8)
Active (1845)
Flora Temple (1866)
Grace A. Channon (1873)
Henry Clay (1842)
Liberty (1861)
Lumberman (1862)
M.C. Springer (1887)
Rudolph Wetzel (1870)
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