Montclair
Schooner · Canada · Lost 1927 · Cape Cod & Nantucket Shoals
A lath-laden schooner broke apart on Nauset's outer bar in a March gale, drowning five of her seven crew within sight of shore.
Become Captain of RecordSee Shipwreck on Map
The Vessel and Her Loss
The three-masted schooner Montclair, built in Nova Scotia in 1918, was carrying lath from Halifax to New York when a violent storm drove her onto Orleans Bar off Nauset Beach on 4 March 1927. As Coast Guardsmen worked to rig a rescue line, a wave swept five crewmen overboard; only two survived. Her timbers still surface periodically from the sand.
Vessel
- 1918
- Not established
- Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
- Wood
- 142 ft
- 33 ft
- 371
- Sail
- Captain C.B. Martin, Partridge Island, Nova Scotia
Loss
- March 4, 1927
- Storm
- Orleans Bar, off Nauset Beach, Cape Cod
- Atlantic Ocean
- Halifax, Nova Scotia → New York
- 25,000 bundles of wood lath
- 7
- 5
- Not established
The Wreck Today
- Not established
- Wooden hull timbers periodically exposed by shifting sand at Nauset Beach
- Not established
- Periodically re-exposed, most recently 2017
- Within Cape Cod National Seashore vicinity
Position
- 41.78° N 69.98° W
- Approximate position
- Orleans, Massachusetts
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (88/100)
Orleans Historical Society
Vessel history, crew account, and marker inscription.
Cape Cod National Seashore, National Park Service
Confirmation of wreck identity and modern re-exposures.
