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Jeannie

Auxiliary Schooner · Newfoundland · Lost 1910 · Hudson Bay & Hudson Strait

A chartered Newfoundland schooner carrying a Geological Survey of Canada naturalist wrecked in Wager Bay in 1910, stranding her party for months before an epic overland trek to Winnipeg.

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The Vessel and Her Loss

The auxiliary schooner Jeannie was chartered in 1910 to carry Geological Survey of Canada naturalist James Macoun on a specimen-collecting voyage to the northwest coast of Hudson Bay. In September 1910 she ran onto rocks in Wager Bay and was wrecked. Her party of eight survived and, after months stranded on the coast, made an overland journey of roughly 800 miles, reaching Gimli and then Winnipeg the following January.

Vessel

Built: Not established
Builder: Not established
Yard: Not established
Material: Wood
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Sail with auxiliary engine
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: September 1, 1910
Cause: Grounding
Location: Wager Bay, Hudson Bay
Water: Hudson Bay
Voyage: Northwest coast of Hudson Bay
Cargo: Natural history specimens collected for the Geological Survey of Canada
Aboard: 8
Lives lost: 0
Master: Not established