Myron
Bulk Freighter · United States · Lost 1919 · Whitefish Point & Eastern Lake Superior
A lumber steamer foundered in a November 1919 gale near Whitefish Point, and her 17 crew froze to death in the water while her tow survived.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Myron was a wooden lumber steamer built in 1888, originally named Mark Hopkins, later operated by the O.W. Blodgett Lumber Company out of Grand Haven, Michigan. On November 23, 1919, she foundered in a severe gale roughly a mile and a half west of Whitefish Point while towing the schooner-barge Miztec, which survived the storm. All 17 of her crew died, most freezing to death in the frigid water despite wearing life jackets; only the captain survived, found drifting on wreckage near Ile Parisienne.
Vessel
- 1888
- US official no. 91993
- Mechanics Dry Dock Company
- Not established
- Wood
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- Steam, single screw
- O.W. Blodgett Lumber Company
Loss
- November 23, 1919
- Storm
- About 1.5 miles west of Whitefish Point, Lake Superior
- Lake Superior
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- Lumber
- 18
- 17
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The Wreck Today
- Not established
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- Within Whitefish Point Underwater Preserve
Position
- 46.81° N 85.03° W
- Reported, unconfirmed
- Whitefish Point, Michigan
Reported GPS position for the Myron wreck west of Whitefish Point, per a shipwreck location database.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (80/100)
Precise wreck coordinates and depth are not established in the sources reviewed.
Build, loss date, cause, casualties.
The New York Times, November 24, 1919
Contemporary account of the storm and failed rescue attempts.
Hang Outdoors shipwreck database
Reported wreck GPS coordinates.
