AH-WR-0285

Argo

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

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

Captain of Record

Patrick A Tomeo

AHR-1902

Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents.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

Argo was a wooden sailing schooner that carried bulk cargo on Lake Erie. Precise details of her construction and loss are sparse in accessible records. She is known through regional wreck inventories rather than detailed narrative accounts. Her exact 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: Not established
Accuracy: Position not established
Nearest: Lake Erie
Region: The Lake Erie Islands

Searched Ohio Sea Grant's Lake Erie shipwreck database and general Great Lakes registries for a vessel named 'Argo' lost in Lake Erie; no record with a documented position specific to this generically-dated 19th-century wreck was found.

Evidence

Overall confidence: Sparsely documented (25/100)

Build year, loss date, and circumstances of loss are not established in the sources reviewed.

Great Lakes Historical Society
Vessel identity and general loss lake.