AH-WR-1552

D.M. Wilson

Wooden Bulk Freighter · Lost 1894 · Thunder Bay & Lake Huron

D.M. Wilson was a wooden bulk freighter lost in Lake Huron.

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Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents.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

D.M. Wilson was built at St. Clair in 1873. Bound for Milwaukee with coal, it sprang a leak in October 1894. Hudson and Samuel Mitchell took it in tow, but it foundered. Its crew was rescued and much of its machinery was later salvaged.

Vessel

Built: 1873
Builder: Simon Langell
Yard: Not established
Material: Wood
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Steam
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: October 27, 1894
Cause: Not established
Location: Two miles north of Thunder Bay Island, Michigan
Water: Lake Huron
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Coal
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: 0
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

Depth: 40 ft
Condition: Not established
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Within Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary

Position

Coordinates: Not established
Accuracy: Position not established
Nearest: Two miles north of Thunder Bay Island, Michigan
Region: Thunder Bay & Lake Huron

No wreck-position coordinates transcribed for this record.

Evidence

Overall confidence: Documented (88/100)

Crew totals and details not stated here are not established in the sources reviewed.

NOAA Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Vessel identity, construction and documented loss history.