Ishpeming
Schooner · United States · Lost 1903 · Thunder Bay & Lake Huron
A three-masted schooner grounded on a shallow reef in 1903, now a flattened but accessible wreck for snorkelers and shallow-water divers.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Ishpeming was a wooden three-masted schooner built in 1872 in Detroit. On November 29, 1903, while carrying coal bound for a cement plant in Alpena, she ran aground on a reef near Harrisville and could not be freed. She was stripped and abandoned in place. Today her flattened lower hull rests in shallow water, a popular shallow-water dive and snorkel site.
Vessel
- 1872
- US official no. 100039
- James M. Jones
- Detroit, Michigan
- Wood
- 157 ft
- 26 ft
- 418
- Sail
- Not established
Loss
- November 29, 1903
- Grounding
- Black River Reef, near Harrisville, Michigan
- Lake Huron
- Alpena, Michigan
- Coal
- Not established
- 0
- Not established
The Wreck Today
- 12 ft
- Flattened lower hull, centerboard trunk and mast steps preserved
- Upright, flattened
- Not established
- Within Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Position
- 44.810° N 83.278° W
- Surveyed position
- Harrisville, Michigan
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (85/100)
NOAA Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Dimensions, loss narrative, depth
Great Lakes Maritime Collection
Build and ownership chronology
