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In this area of the WhimSea site, we list information about shipwrecks in Lake Superior. Much of this information is compiled from many sources.

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July 2009

July 1

• Geo. P. Savidge (1893). Burned and sank in St. Louis Bay, Duluth, Minnesota.

July 4

• Mary Jarecki (1883). She went ashore on the west side of Au Sable Point near Grand Marais Michigan in heavy fog. Despite the efforts of the tug Mystic (equipped with a 14-inch steam pump), the vessel remained in place and was later pounded to pieces by a storm.

July 5

• Cora B (1890). Burned in Duluth, Minnesota.

July 6

• Liberty (1919). Burned at Grand Marais, Minnesota.

July 8

• Oden (1907). Foundered in Superior, Wisconsin.

July 9

• St. Clair (1876). Bound for Houghton from Octoonogon, she caught fire near her boiler and burned to the waterline off 14-Mile Point. Most of the victims drowned in the icy lake after one of her tiny lifeboats swamped several times. The vessel was a woodburner with a history of fires. 26 lives were lost.

July 10

• Grey Eagle (1869). Downbound for Lake Michigan, she grounded and was heavily damaged off Whitefish Point.
• John Mitchell (1911). Struck by the freighter William Henry Mack off Vermillion Point. Three lives were lost. She sank in seven minutes.

July 11

• Ira Chaffee (1891). Caught fire near Sault St. Marie, Michigan.

July 12

• John B. Cowle (1909). Struck on the port side by Issac M. Scott on her maiden voyage, which cut 20 feet into her hull. She sunk in three minutes with a loss of 14 of the 24 crew one mile northwest of Whitefish Point.

July 13

• Smith Moore (1889). Struck by the James Pickands in fog.

July 19

• Annie Coleman (1879). Ran ashore in fog nine miles west of Grand Marais at the mouth of the Hurricane River and broke up. Crew had to walk seventy miles to Marquette.
• City of Winnipeg (1881). Caught fire in the wood-pocket next to the engine room while unloading at 3:30 in the morning at the Northern Pacific Railway dock. Reportedly after having raced another steamer to port. She was cut loose to save the dock. She burned quickly and sank. She was raised, towed out to the lake and resunk. Four lives lost. A number of barrels of fine, Canadian Bound whiskey disappeared in the confusion frustrating the salvagers who had purchased the burned out hulk.

July 20

• John W. Eviston (1897). Burned to a total loss at Duluth, Minnesota.

July 26

• Cumberland (1877). Struck bottom and sank in shallow water off Isle Royale, Michigan.
• Isle Royale (1885). Sprung a leak and sank off Susie Island, Isle Royale, Michigan.

July 27

• John M. Osborn (1884). Struck in dense fog by the ALBERTA, starboard side tearing a gash from rail to the bottom of the hull. Three OSBORN and one ALBERTA passenger attempting rescue were lost.

July 29

• Bob Anderson (1899). A wooden screw tug, she burned outside Grand Marais, Michigan.
• Sagamore (1901). She was riding at anchor waiting out the fog off Iroquois Point, Whitefish Bay, when she was rammed by the 300-foot steel steamer NORTHERN QUEEN. A whaleback, SAGAMORE was riding very low in the water and was practically invisible because of their normal low profile. She split admidships and sank quickly. Two lives lost.

Updated: March 10, 2008

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