AH-WR-1555

Egyptian

Wooden Bulk Freighter · Lost 1897 · Thunder Bay & Lake Huron

Egyptian 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Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents.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

Egyptian was built at Black River, Ohio, in 1873. It was an early wooden bulk freighter equipped with a fore-and-aft compound steam engine. It caught fire and sank off Black River, Michigan, in 1897. NOAA has documented the deep-water wreck.

Vessel

Built: 1873
Builder: Quayle and Peck
Yard: Not established
Material: Wood
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Steam
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: December 1, 1897
Cause: Fire
Location: Off Black River near Harrisville, Michigan
Water: Lake Huron
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Coal
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: Within Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary

Position

Coordinates: Not established
Accuracy: Position not established
Nearest: Off Black River near Harrisville, Michigan
Region: Thunder Bay & Lake Huron

No wreck-position coordinates transcribed for this record.

Evidence

Overall confidence: Documented (88/100)

NOAA gives differing depths of 230 and 252 feet; a single verified depth is not supplied.

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