Moonlight
Wooden Schooner · United States · Lost 1903 · Apostle Islands & Western Lake Superior
A wooden schooner driven ashore and wrecked near Outer Island during a Lake Superior gale.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Moonlight was a wooden sailing schooner built in 1874 for Great Lakes bulk trade. In September 1903 she was caught in a gale and wrecked near Outer Island in the Apostle Islands. No lives were reported lost. Her scattered remains now lie in shallow water near shore.
Vessel
- 1874
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- Wood
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- Sail
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Loss
- September 13, 1903
- Storm
- Near Outer Island, Apostle Islands, Lake Superior
- Lake Superior
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- 0
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The Wreck Today
- 20 ft
- Broken up, scattered wreckage
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- Within Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Position
- 47.06° N 90.72° W
- Approximate position
- Outer Island, Apostle Islands, Wisconsin
Evidence
Overall confidence: Partially documented (60/100)
Builder and precise cause of the wrecking beyond storm conditions are not firmly established in the sources reviewed.
National Park Service, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Build year, loss date, location, and condition.
