Selden E. Marvin
Schooner-Barge · Lost 1914 · Whitefish Point & Eastern Lake Superior
The lumber barge Selden E. Marvin was lost with her towing steamer in a Lake Superior storm in 1914; her nameboard was found on the bottom in 2022.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Built in 1882, the schooner barge Selden E. Marvin was one of two lumber barges towed by the Hines Lumber steamer C.F. Curtis out of Baraga, Michigan, bound for Tonawanda in November 1914. On November 18 the three vessels met howling winds, snow squalls and punishing seas, and none was seen again. Twenty-eight people died. In 2022 the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society found the Marvin a few miles from the Curtis and read her name on the wreck.
Vessel
- 1882
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- Wood
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- Towed (sail-rigged)
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Loss
- November 18, 1914
- Storm
- Within a few miles of the C.F. Curtis wreck, off Grand Marais, eastern Lake Superior
- Lake Superior
- Baraga, Michigan → Tonawanda, New York
- Lumber
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- No one survived from the three vessels; 28 lives were lost in total, and the split between them is not given.
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The Wreck Today
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Position
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- Grand Marais, Michigan
No pin: the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society does not publish wreck positions.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (75/100)
Based on the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society's discovery report; original period records were not independently inspected.
Full discovery report read.
NOAA Sanctuary Nomination — Shipwreck Coast, Lake Superior (Michigan): shipwreck table
Build and loss years, vessel type and general loss area from the nomination's wreck table.
