SS Manasoo
Passenger And Package Freighter · Canada · Lost 1928 · Georgian Bay & the North Channel
A steel steamer that rolled over off Griffith Island with a deck load of cattle, killing 16, and lay undiscovered for nearly 90 years.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Originally the Macassa, built in Scotland in 1888 for Hamilton-to-Toronto passenger service, the ship was rebuilt and renamed Manasoo in the 1920s for the Owen Sound Transportation Company. In September 1928 she left Manitoulin Island loaded with cattle and began listing in a storm, rolling over off Griffith Island. Sixteen of 21 aboard died. The wreck was not found until 2018.
Vessel
- 1888
- William Hamilton & Company
- Port Glasgow, Scotland
- Steel
- 178 ft
- Not established
- Not established
- Steam
- Owen Sound Transportation Company
Loss
- September 15, 1928
- Storm
- Off Griffith Island, Georgian Bay
- Georgian Bay, Lake Huron
- Manitowaning, Manitoulin Island, Ontario → Owen Sound, Ontario
- 116 cattle, one automobile, general freight
- 21
- 16
- Captain John McKay
The Wreck Today
- 210 ft
- Intact, resting with stern embedded in the lake bottom
- Not established
- 2018
- Not established
Position
- 44.851° N 80.869° W
- Surveyed position
- Griffith Island, Georgian Bay
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (85/100)
Build history, sinking narrative, casualty count.
Discovery details and depth.
