Antelope
Wooden Schooner · United States · Lost 1897 · Apostle Islands & Western Lake Superior
A wooden schooner lost in a storm near Sand Island in the Apostle Islands.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Antelope was a wooden sailing schooner engaged in Great Lakes bulk trade. She was lost in a storm near Sand Island in the Apostle Islands in November 1897. Details of her construction and crew are only partially documented. She is recorded chiefly through regional wreck inventories.
Vessel
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Loss
- November 5, 1897
- Storm
- Near Sand Island, Apostle Islands, Lake Superior
- Lake Superior
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The Wreck Today
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- Within Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Position
- 46.98° N 90.95° W
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- Sand Island, Apostle Islands, Wisconsin
General area only: coordinate of Sand Island from the USGS Geographic Names Information System, marking the named place near the loss location recorded for this vessel, not a surveyed wreck position.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Sparsely documented (40/100)
Builder, dimensions, and casualty details are not established in the sources reviewed.
Wisconsin Historical Society
Loss date and general location.
USGS Geographic Names Information System — Sand Island, Wisconsin
coordinate of the named place near the loss location
