AH-WR-1506

Chicora

Wooden Passenger And Package Steamer · United States · Lost 1895 · Chicago & Southern Lake Michigan

A winter-run steamer that left Milwaukee in January 1895 and vanished with all aboard.

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Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents.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

Historically Reconstructed. Drawn from partial documentation of this vessel together with her known class and configuration. See the documented evidence.

The Vessel and Her Loss

Chicora was a wooden steamer built in 1892 for service across Lake Michigan to St. Joseph. On 21 January 1895 she left Milwaukee with a cargo of flour and was caught by a winter storm. She was lost with all aboard. Wreckage washed ashore, but her hull has never been found.

Vessel

Built: 1892
Builder: Not established
Yard: Not established
Material: Wood
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Steam, single screw
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: January 21, 1895
Cause: Storm
Location: Lake Michigan, between Milwaukee and St. Joseph
Water: Lake Michigan
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: 42.40° N 86.80° W
Accuracy: General area only
Nearest: St. Joseph, Michigan
Region: Chicago & Southern Lake Michigan

Pin marks the named place of loss, not a surveyed wreck position.

Evidence

Overall confidence: Partially documented (60/100)

No wreck has been found.

Michigan Shipwreck Research Association
Search, discovery and loss history.
Historical Collections of the Great Lakes, Bowling Green State University
Vessel particulars and career.