Ogarita
Wooden Two-Masted Schooner Barge · Lost 1905 · Thunder Bay & Lake Huron
A grain-trade barkentine converted to a tow barge and lost to a coal-cargo fire.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Ogarita was launched by C.W. Lent at Conneaut in 1864 as a three-masted barkentine for the Lake Michigan grain trade. It was later converted to a tow barge, listed by NOAA as a two-masted schooner barge. On October 25, 1905, a fire in its coal cargo sank it north of Thunder Bay Island. All crew escaped safely.
Vessel
- 1864
- C.W. Lent
- Conneaut, Ohio
- Wood
- Not established
- 39 ft
- 604 gross tons
- Under tow (converted tow barge)
- Not established
Loss
- October 25, 1905
- Fire
- North of Thunder Bay Island, Lake Huron
- Lake Huron
- Not established
- Coal
- Not established
- 0
- Not established
The Wreck Today
- 30 ft
- Lower hull remains, including bow, keelson and sidewalls.
- Not established
- Not established
- Within Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Position
- 45.105° N 83.218° W
- Surveyed position
- Thunder Bay Island, Michigan
NOAA GPS N45°06.326′ W83°13.077′, converted directly to decimal degrees.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Well documented (90/100)
Original vessel length, unsourced fittings and crew headcount are not established in the reviewed account. Complete-hull artwork is interpretive, not a survey of the remains.
NOAA Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary — Ogarita
Type, builder and launch/build year and place, published GPS and depth, beam and gross tonnage, cargo and dated loss account, surviving wreck structure. NOAA wreck length is not treated as original hull length.
