C.F. Curtis
Steam Screw · Lost 1914 · Whitefish Point & Eastern Lake Superior
The lumber steamer C.F. Curtis vanished with her two tow barges in a Lake Superior storm in November 1914; 28 people died across the three ships.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Built in 1882, the wooden lumber steamer C.F. Curtis of the Edward Hines Lumber Company left Baraga, Michigan, in November 1914 towing the schooner barges Selden E. Marvin and Annie M. Peterson, all loaded with lumber for Tonawanda, New York. On November 18 the three ran into howling winds, snow squalls and punishing seas and were never seen again. No one survived, and 28 lives were lost. The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society found the Curtis in 2021.
Vessel
- 1882
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- Wood
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- Steam (screw)
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Loss
- November 18, 1914
- Storm
- Off Grand Marais, eastern Lake Superior
- Lake Superior
- Baraga, Michigan → Tonawanda, New York
- Lumber
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- No one survived from the three vessels; 28 lives were lost in total, and the split between them is not given.
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The Wreck Today
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Position
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- Grand Marais, Michigan
No pin: the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society does not publish wreck positions.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (75/100)
Based on the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society's discovery report; original period records were not independently inspected.
Full discovery report read.
NOAA Sanctuary Nomination — Shipwreck Coast, Lake Superior (Michigan): shipwreck table
Build and loss years, vessel type and general loss area from the nomination's wreck table.
