Cynthia Gordon
Schooner · Lost Final stranding date not stated; enrollment surrendered June 10, 1908, as abandoned. · Door County & Lake Michigan
A small cargo schooner beached at Washington Island after leaking during a gale.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Cynthia Gordon was built at St. Joseph in 1864 as a wooden two-masted schooner. It carried fruit, vegetables and lumber. On its final voyage from Escanaba to Washington Island, it leaked during a gale and was beached at Detroit Harbor. It was abandoned there; its enrollment was surrendered as abandoned on June 10, 1908.
Vessel
- 1864
- US registry no. 22344
- J. Shaw
- St. Joseph, Michigan
- Wood
- 67 ft
- 16 ft
- 44.63
- Sail
- Nels Jepsen, Milwaukee
Loss
- Final stranding date not stated; enrollment surrendered June 10, 1908, as abandoned.
- Storm
- Detroit Harbor, south end of Washington Island, Wisconsin
- Lake Michigan
- Escanaba, Michigan → Washington Island, Wisconsin
- Lumber
- Not established
- Not established
- Not established
The Wreck Today
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Position
- Not established
- Position not established
- Detroit Harbor, Wisconsin
Coordinates omitted: source inventory points were not independently established as surveyed wreck positions.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (85/100)
The stranding date, casualty totals, depth and present wreck condition are not established in the source reviewed.
Wisconsin Shipwrecks — Wisconsin Historical Society and Wisconsin Sea Grant
Vessel identity, registry number, dimensions, builder, year, two-masted schooner rig, service and loss narrative; full source body retained in sources/.
