Magellan
Schooner · Canada · Lost November 8–9, 1877 · Door County & Lake Michigan
Magellan was lost off Two Rivers during the night of November 8–9, 1877; wreckage washed ashore between Two Rivers and Manitowoc.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Magellan was a three-masted Canadian schooner built at St. Catharines in 1873. Carrying corn toward Toronto, she was lost off Two Rivers on the night of November 8 or morning of November 9, 1877, with her entire crew. A collision was initially suspected but never proved; the institutional account considers storm foundering more likely. Portions of the wreck washed ashore between Two Rivers and Manitowoc.
Vessel
- 1873
- Canadian registry no. 411
- Louis Shickluna
- St. Catharines, Ontario
- Wood
- 137 ft
- 23 ft
- 350 gross tons
- Sail
- Isaac Cockburn and Captain John Belyea (final owners)
Loss
- November 8–9, 1877
- Storm
- Off Two Rivers, Wisconsin; portions washed ashore between Two Rivers and Manitowoc
- Lake Michigan
- Toronto, Ontario
- 20,488 bushels of corn
- Not established
- Entire crew lost; exact count not established.
- Not established
The Wreck Today
- Not established
- Historical wreckage broke up and washed ashore; the visible bow was burned to the waterline in the 1920s. Present condition not established.
- Not established
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Position
- Not established
- Position not established
- Two Rivers, Wisconsin
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (80/100)
Exact loss hour, crew count, causal role of any other vessel and surviving wreck position are not established.
Wisconsin Historical Society and Wisconsin Sea Grant — Wisconsin Shipwrecks
Vessel construction, mast count, final loss and subsequent wreck or salvage history; dates and casualty uncertainty retained. Published GPS used only for the documented Hetty Taylor site.
