Sevona
Bulk Freighter · United States · Lost 1905 · Apostle Islands & Western Lake Superior
A steel freighter broke apart on a shoal off Sand Island during a violent 1905 storm that claimed two ships in the Apostle Islands that day.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Sevona was a steel-hulled lake freighter built in 1890, originally named Emily P. Weed and renamed in 1897. On September 2, 1905, seeking shelter from a violent storm among the Apostle Islands, she struck a shoal northeast of Sand Island and broke in two. Seven crew members drowned within sight of shore and of the lighthouse keepers who watched the disaster unfold; the same storm sank a second vessel in the islands that day. The wreck was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
Vessel
- 1890
- F.W. Wheeler and Co.
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- Steel
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- Steam, single screw
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Loss
- September 2, 1905
- Grounding
- Northeast of Sand Island, Apostle Islands, Lake Superior
- Lake Superior
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- 7
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The Wreck Today
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- Broken hull with tank tops, engine components, and deck fittings surviving on the site.
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- Within Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Position
- 47.007° N 90.909° W
- Surveyed position
- Sand Island, Apostle Islands, Wisconsin
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (80/100)
National Park Service, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Loss narrative, casualty count, storm context.
Build, former name, wreck position, register listing.
