AH-WR-0282

Adventure

Wooden Schooner · United States · Lost 19th century · The Lake Erie Islands

A wooden schooner named Adventure lost somewhere on Lake Erie, documented only in outline.

Become Captain of Record See Shipwreck on Map

Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents. See the documented evidence.

Interpretive Reconstruction, drawn to convey the vessel's era, type and general form. See the documented evidence.

The Vessel and Her Loss

Adventure was a wooden sailing schooner that operated on Lake Erie carrying bulk cargo. Records of her precise construction and loss are sparse. She is known through regional wreck inventories rather than detailed narrative accounts. Her final fate remains only generally documented.

Vessel

Built: Not established
Builder: Not established
Yard: Not established
Material: Wood
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Sail
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: 19th century
Cause: Not established
Location: Lake Erie
Water: Lake Erie
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Not established
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: Not established
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

Depth: Not established
Condition: Not established
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Not established

Position

Coordinates: 41.618° N 82.681° W
Accuracy: Surveyed position
Nearest: Lake Erie
Region: The Lake Erie Islands

Ohio Sea Grant's official shipwrecks database (ohioshipwrecks.info) gives the surveyed position 41°37.085'N 82°40.867'W in North Bay of Kelleys Island, matching the state archaeological site record 33ER481; this is likely the 'Adventure' listed generically as 19th century in the registry.