AH-WR-0277

T.H. Camp

Wooden Schooner · United States · Lost Late 19th century · Apostle Islands & Western Lake Superior

A wooden schooner-barge lost in the Apostle Islands, remembered chiefly through regional wreck inventories.

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Interpretive Reconstruction, drawn to convey the vessel's era, type and general form. See the documented evidence.

The Vessel and Her Loss

T.H. Camp was a wooden schooner-barge that operated in Great Lakes bulk trade, typically towed behind a steam vessel. She was lost in the Apostle Islands region of Lake Superior. Few details of her construction or final voyage survive in accessible records. She is documented primarily through regional shipwreck inventories.

Vessel

Built: Not established
Builder: Not established
Yard: Not established
Material: Wood
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Sail, towed
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: Late 19th century
Cause: Storm
Location: Apostle Islands, Lake Superior
Water: Lake Superior
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Not established
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: Not established
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

Depth: Not established
Condition: Not established
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Within Apostle Islands National Lakeshore

Position

Coordinates: 46.94° N 90.65° W
Accuracy: General area only
Nearest: Apostle Islands, Wisconsin
Region: Apostle Islands & Western Lake Superior

General area only: coordinate of the Apostle Islands (Lake Superior archipelago), Ashland County, Wisconsin, from the USGS Geographic Names Information System, marking the named place of loss recorded for this vessel, not a surveyed wreck position.

Evidence

Overall confidence: Sparsely documented (30/100)

Build year, exact loss date, and circumstances of loss are not established in the sources reviewed.

Wisconsin Historical Society
Vessel type and general loss region.
USGS Geographic Names Information System — Apostle Islands
coordinate of the named place of loss