Georgian Bay & the North Channel
Rock and reef on Lake Huron's north shore
The north side of Lake Huron is a shoreline of granite islands, unmarked reefs and shallow channels.
Lumber and passenger steamers worked the north shore among thousands of islands, and the charts of the nineteenth century did not show every reef. Vessels running for shelter in a blow struck rock they had no warning of, and fog off the open bay closed visibility for hours. Distance from help meant that a grounding on an exposed reef often became a total loss.
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Records in These Waters
AvailableA. Seaman
AH-WR-0488Cape Croker, Georgian Bay
1905 · Tug
AvailableArabia
AH-WR-0257Tobermory, Ontario
1884 · Barque · 100-120 deep
AvailableCharles P. Minch
AH-WR-0492Cove Island, Tobermory, Georgian Bay
1898 · Schooner · 6-16 deep
AvailableEdward E. Skeele
AH-WR-0491Barrie Island, Manitoulin Island, North Channel
1921 · Schooner
AvailableJ.C. Ford
AH-WR-0152Drummond, Michigan
1924 · Bulk Freight Propeller · 5-15 deep
AvailableJohn B. Merrill
AH-WR-0151Drummond Island, Michigan
1893 · Schooner · 35-85 deep
AvailableMetamora
AH-WR-0259Pointe au Baril, Ontario
1907 · Tug · 6 ft deep
AvailableMonarch
AH-WR-0153Drummond, Michigan
1874 · Barkentine · 40 ft deep
AvailableNorth Wind
AH-WR-0490Little Current, Manitoulin Island, North Channel
1926 · Package Freighter · 70-128 deep
AvailableSS Africa
AH-WR-0258Bruce Peninsula / Owen Sound, Ontario
1895 · Bulk Freighter · 280 ft deep
AvailableSS Jane Miller
AH-WR-0256Wiarton, Ontario
1881 · Cargo And Passenger Steamer · 100 ft deep
AvailableSS Manasoo
AH-WR-0255Griffith Island, Georgian Bay
1928 · Passenger And Package Freighter · 210 ft deep
AvailableSweepstakes
AH-WR-0489Tobermory, Georgian Bay
1885 · Schooner · 20 ft deep
AvailableWaubuno
AH-WR-0254Parry Sound, Ontario
1879 · Passenger And Freight Steamer
