City of Port Huron
Steam Barge · United States · Lost 1876 · Saginaw Bay & the Michigan Thumb
A wooden lumber and ore steam barge from Port Huron, lost in 1876 and not relocated until 2001.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
City of Port Huron was a wooden steam barge built in 1867 at Port Huron, Michigan, that carried lumber and ore around the Great Lakes. She foundered with a cargo of iron ore on September 4, 1876, off Michigan's Thumb; no lives were lost, and much of her machinery was salvaged soon after. The wreck lay unlocated until 2001 and now rests in shallow water within the Sanilac Shores Underwater Preserve.
Vessel
- 1867
- Joseph P. Arnold
- Port Huron, Michigan
- Wood
- 169 ft
- 31 ft
- 411
- Steam, single screw
- Crawford, Johnston and Company
Loss
- September 4, 1876
- Not established
- Lake Huron, off Michigan's Thumb
- Lake Huron
- Not established
- Iron ore
- Not established
- 0
- Not established
The Wreck Today
- 40 ft
- Not established
- Not established
- 2001
- Within Sanilac Shores Underwater Preserve
Position
- 43.22° N 82.48° W
- Approximate position
- Port Sanilac, Michigan
Evidence
Overall confidence: Partially documented (70/100)
The precise cause of her foundering is not established in the sources reviewed.
National Museum of the Great Lakes
Build history, dimensions
Michigan Underwater Preserve Council
Depth, coordinates, discovery year
