Sitka
Steamer · Lost 1904 · Whitefish Point & Eastern Lake Superior
The 272-foot wooden steamer Sitka grounded on Au Sable Reef in 1904 and broke up; a 225-foot section of her hull lies just offshore.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
On October 4, 1904, the 272-foot wooden steamer Sitka grounded on Au Sable Reef, about a mile off the Pictured Rocks shore, and was completely broken up in 15 feet of water. A 225-foot section of her hull lies just offshore east of the Hurricane River.
Vessel
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- Wood
- 272 ft
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Loss
- October 4, 1904
- Grounding
- Au Sable Reef, about a mile offshore, east of the Hurricane River
- Lake Superior
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- The source does not report loss of life.
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The Wreck Today
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Position
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- Munising, Michigan
No pin: the wreck has not been located or the position is only approximate.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Partially documented (60/100)
Based on a Great Lakes shipwreck researcher's published inventory; the books and records it draws on were not independently inspected.
Brendon Baillod, Great Lakes Shipwreck Research — Shipwrecks of the Munising Area (total losses)
Full researcher inventory read (built from Stonehouse, Wolff, Marshall and others).
