AH-WR-1685

Iver Lawson

Schooner · Lost 1905 · Door County & Lake Michigan

A three-masted schooner stranded in Horseshoe Bay in 1905 and resisted salvage through 1908.

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Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents.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

Miller Brothers built Iver Lawson as a two-masted schooner at Chicago in 1869; she was rebuilt in 1882 and given three masts in April 1888. Sailing light from St. Joseph to Masonville for lumber, she stranded in a Green Bay gale on October 19, 1905. The crew stayed aboard until daylight and walked ashore. Salvage owners tried unsuccessfully to refloat her through 1908; the inventory reports remains close to the grounding site.

Vessel

Built: 1869
Registry: US registry no. 12436
Builder: Miller Brothers
Yard: Chicago, Illinois
Material: Wood
Length: 116 ft
Beam: 25.5 ft
Tonnage: 149.43 gross tons
Propulsion: Sail
Owners: Miller, Fredrickson & Burns (original); Captain Henry Larson of Chicago (listed final trading owner); Captain Dave Ramage and Captain Thomas Isabell (later salvage owners)

Loss

Date: October 19, 1905
Cause: Storm
Location: Horseshoe Bay, Green Bay
Water: Green Bay (Lake Michigan)
Voyage: St. Joseph → Masonville, Michigan
Cargo: Light; bound to load lumber
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: Not established
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

Depth: Not established
Condition: Inventory reports remains within 45 feet of original grounding location; current condition not independently checked.
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Not established

Position

Coordinates: 45.02° N 87.33° W
Accuracy: Reported, unconfirmed
Nearest: Egg Harbor, Door County, Wisconsin
Region: Door County & Lake Michigan

Converted directly from the inventory’s published degrees and decimal minutes; no authoritative coordinate survey was reviewed. Map legend alone does not establish verification.