Archive Record

Metadata

Item ID#

A2021.024.220

Title

Ship information

Object Name

File, Document

Dates of Creation

1990s

Creator

Blasco, Steve M.

Other Creators

Prothero, Frank and Nancy

Description

This folder contains information of shipwrecks located in Lake Erie with special focus on its North Shore. "Marine Notes" from "Tales of the North Shore" by Frank and Nancy Prothero are also included as they outline wrecks located near different ports. Correspondence addressed to Arthur Amos from Steve Blasco regarding information about a wreck in Lake Ontario.

Shipwrecks mentioned include the following:
-PERSIAN (propeller)
- GEORGE WASHINGTON (sidewheel steamer)
- CHAPMAN (schooner)
- TEXAS (schooner)
- JESSE (schooner)
- CONSTITUTION (schooner)
- ELIZA R. TURNER (schooner)
- YOUNG PHOENIX (schooner)
- ANA (schooner)
- AMERICA (schooner)
- SANDUSKY (brig)
- ASIA (schooner)
- BELLOW (schooner)
- PRINCE ALBERT (schooner)
- HENRY CLAY (propeller)
- ATLANTIC (sidewheel steamer)
- BUFFALO (schooner)
- NEW HAVEN (schooner)
- SARAH J. EASON (schooner)
- RIP VAN WINKLE (schooner)
- CONDUCTOR (schooner)
- TRADE WIND (barque)
- ELIZABETH (schooner)
- RIALTO (scow)
- NORTH STAR (schooner)
- H. WHEATON (schooner)
- VIRGINIA (brig)
- HALLIWELL (barque),
- EMBLEM (schooner)
- OXFORD (brig)
- ELLEN GILMOUR (brig)
- CATARACT (schooner)
- JERSEY CITY (propeller)
- POCOHANTAS (propeller)
- REBECCA FOSTER (schooner)
- AMITY (steamer)
- JENNY LIND (schooner)
- BELLE (schooner)
- JEANNY P. KING (barque)
- CORINTHIAN (schooner)
- J.C. HILLS (schooner)
- QUICK STEP (schooner)
- MEDORA (schooner)
- EMPIRE (propeller)
- MARY MORTON (schooner)
- SAXON (brig)
- RESOLUTE (schooner)
- P.C. SHERMAN (barque)
- JESSIE ANDERSON (schooner)
- D.L. COUCH (schooner)
- CAPE HORN (schooner)
- WANDERER (schooner)
- WILD ROVER (schooner)
- MIAMI (schooner)
- MARBLE (schooner)
- PERSIAN (propeller)
- BELLE CASH (barge)
- PORTAGE (schooner)
- ELIZA R. TURNER (schooner)
- MADEIRA (schooner)
- PLIZA (schooner)
- RISING STAR (schooner)
- BRITISH LION (barque)
- J.GM McGRATH (schooner)
- E.P. DORR (schooner)
- ST. ANDREWS (schooner)
- WILLIAM H. VANDERBILT (schooner)
- SIBERIA (schooner)
- LEADVILLE (schooner)
- EDMUND FITZGERALD (schooner)
- MAYFLOWER (propeller)
- FORTUNE (steamer)
- GEORGE M. CASE (schooner)
- NEWBURGH (schooner)
- GEORGE C. FINNEY (schooner)
- MONTCALM (schooner)
- ALZORA (scow)
- L. SHICKLUNA (propeller)
- IDAHO (propeller)
- NIAGARA (propeller)
- PASCA P. PRATT (steamer)
- SIBERIA (propeller)
- MARQUETTE & BESSEMER II (steel car ferry)
- C.W. ELPHICKE (steamer)
- CITY OF DRESDEN (propeller)
- SMITH (tug)
- HAMILTON (schooner)
- MONTEAGLE (schooner)
- NORWAY (schooner)
- QUEEN OF THE NORTH (schooner)
- ARCADIAN (schooner)
- LUCY J. LATHAM (schooner)
- ADELIA (schooner)
- DANIEL WILLIAMS (schooner)
- C. REEVE (schooner)
- EXCHANGE (schooner)
- ORCADIAN (brigantine)
- IDAHO (steamer)

Collection

Arthur Amos shipwreck research collection

Marine Heritage Centre

Ontario Marine History and Underwater Archaeology Research Centre

System of arrangement

This item is part of the Arthur Amos Shipwreck Collection, Series 6 (Arthur Amos research folders).

Parent Object

AASRC S6

Level of Description

Item

Physical Description

2 cm of textual records

Restrictions on Use

Responsibility for determining the copyright status and permissible use rests with the user.

Places

Lake Erie
Lake Ontario

Search Terms & Subjects

Marine
Ships
Shipwrecks