William H. Rounds
Schooner · Lost 1905 · Thunder Bay & Lake Huron
A coal-carrying schooner wrecked on Black River’s rocky reef in a powerful May storm.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
William H. Rounds was launched by Parsons and Humble at Tonawanda in 1875. In early May 1905, a powerful storm drove the schooner onto a rocky reef off Black River. NOAA dates the wreck to May 2 and lists a coal cargo. The crew escaped safely, but the storm made the schooner a total loss.
Vessel
- 1875
- Parsons and Humble
- Tonawanda, New York
- Not established
- Not established
- 25 ft
- 308 gross tons
- Sail
- Not established
Loss
- May 2, 1905
- Storm
- Rocky reef off Black River near Harrisville, Lake Huron
- Lake Huron
- Not established
- Coal
- Not established
- 0
- Not established
The Wreck Today
- 11 ft
- Fairly intact hull in shallow water near the Alvin Buckingham wreck.
- Not established
- Not established
- Within Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Position
- 44.837° N 83.282° W
- Surveyed position
- Black River, Michigan
NOAA GPS N44°50.219′ W83°16.939′, converted directly to decimal degrees.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Well documented (90/100)
Original vessel length, unsourced fittings and crew headcount are not established in the reviewed account. Complete-hull artwork is interpretive, not a survey of the remains.
NOAA Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary — William H. Rounds
Type, builder and launch/build year and place, published GPS and depth, beam and gross tonnage, cargo and dated loss account, surviving wreck structure. NOAA wreck length is not treated as original hull length.
