ATTACHMENT A:  GRAND TRAVERSE BAY SHIPWRECK LIST (WORKING DRAFT)
Known Shipwreck Sites
Vessel Name	Type of Vessel at Loss	Official Number	Build Information	Dimensions	Tonnage	Date of Total Loss	Location of Total Loss	Position Coordinates	Depth	Notes
A.J. Rogers	Schooner, wood	U.S. 1552	1862, Bailey Bros., Madison Dock, OH	138 ft. x 26 ft. x 12 ft.	340 gross, 322 net	October 1898	4.5 miles North of tip of Old Mission Peninsula	45° 03.153' N and 85° 28.821' W	50 ft.
Gloria	Sailboat	Recreational					Near Northport	Straight out from entrance to marina	37 ft.	Wooden recreational/racing sailboat; may have been built by Bill Livingstone of Northport in early 1900s
Lauren Castle	Work tug, steel, diesel propeller	U.S. 203337	1906, Delaware River Iron Ship Building	97.75 ft. x 21.42 ft. x 10.66 ft.	180 gross, 122 net	November 5 or 8, 1980	7.0 miles North of Traverse City in West Bay	Contact Thaddius Bedford	390 ft.	Originally named General G.M. Sorrel
			& Engineering Co., Chester, PA
Metropolis	Schooner, wood, two-masted	U.S. 16414	1857, Peck & Masters, Cleveland, OH	124.58 ft. x 28.16 ft. x 11 ft.	246 gross, 234 net	November 26 or 27, 1886	3.0 miles South of Old Mission Point	44° 58.192' N and 85° 27.938' W	Keelson in less than 10 ft. water;
							or Old Mission, MI		other hull structure in 90+ ft. water
Nyord	Double-ended sailboat	Recreational				circa 1970s	Near Traverse City, NE of Clinch Park	44° 46.402' N and 85° 36.006' W	55 ft.	Modern era recreational sailboat
Tramp	Fish tug, wood	U.S. 226904	1926, Rogers City, MI	54.66 ft. x 16 ft. x 4.33 ft.	25 gross, 20 net	circa 1970s	SE of Lee Point, SW of Power/Marion Island	44° 51.037' N and 85° 36.075' W	45 ft.	Involved in lumber trade; associated with history of South Fox Island
Unknown	Fish or work tug, wood						Near Traverse City	44° 47.261' N and 85° 38.115' W	20 ft.	Called "Elmwood Wreck"; dragged" from 80 ft. depth to present location by MDNR
Unknown	Barge						Near Traverse City	44° 47.064' N and 85° 37.824' W	80 ft.	Possibly owned and scuttled by Frank Sears
Potential Shipwreck Sites
A.C. Van Raalte	Scow-schooner, wood	None	1850, Marine City, MI	44 ft. x 12 ft. x 4 ft.	50 tons	March 1860	NE side of Old Mission Peninsula, near Old Mission			Reported also as possible loss in Old Mission Bay (Steve Harold); this is not the same tug as profiled by BGSU
Ada	Schooner					1894	Old Mission Harbor?		30 - 40 ft.?	Mansfield (1899) states vessel stranded in 1894 on Great Lakes; reported positive identification by Charles D. Craw,
										possibly in East Arm
Asia	Schooner, wood, two-masted	None	1848, Black River, OH	108 ft. x 23 ft. x 9 ft.	204 tons [om]	September 21, 1855	Off the mouth of Grand Traverse Bay			Mansfield (1899) states collided with propeller Forest City and sunk
Badger State	Work tug, wood, propeller	U.S. 224114	1924, I.H. Larsen, Marinette, WI	60 ft. x 14 ft. x 9 ft.	45 gross, 30 net	November 9, 1939	Near Northport			Location of total loss also given as Northport, WI
B. West	Barge, steel	U.S. 162514	1905, Buffalo, NY	100 ft. x 24 ft. x 6 ft.	122 gross, 122 net	December 16, 1957	Near mouth of Grand Traverse Bay
B.R. Lummis	Schooner, wood	U.S. 2240	1855, D. Rogers, Sodus, NY		158 net	Aug. or Sept. 1872	Near Northport, Grand Traverse Bay			Mansfield (1899) states collided with propeller City of Fremont and sunk near Northport, L. Huron
Fanny Hazelton	Steamer					Oct. 14, 1880	Off Northport Point			Reported by Wakefield (1980); cargo of telephone poles.  No other information about vessel.
Flora	Work or fish tug, wood, steam propeller	U.S. 120798	1889, James Elliot, Saugatauk, MI	44.66 ft. x 12 ft. x 3.66 ft.	18.33 gross, 14.33 net	circa 1890s	Near Northport (100 yds. South of Harbor)			Reported positive identification by Charles D. Craw
Forest City	Propeller, wood	None	1851, B.B. Jones, Ohio City, OH	177 ft. x 25 ft. x 12 ft.	515 tons	September 21, 1855	Off the mouth of Grand Traverse Bay			Swayze states collided with schooner Asia and sank in 40 fathoms of water; Mansfield does not confirm total loss
John Thursby	Schooner, wood	U.S. 12772	1857, R.L. Page, Cattaraugus, NY		251 gross, 360 tons [om]	Sept. or Oct. 1867	Grand Traverse Bay (ashore)		10 - 15 ft.?	Swayze states location of total loss near Antrim City (couple miles south of Norwood in the East Arm);
										reported also off Antrim City (Antrim Cemetary) at Norwood.
Ketcham	Schooner					1890	Off Lee's Point, West Arm			Reported by Wakefield (1980).  No other information about vessel.  The Swayze file and Mansfield (1899) both report
										the loss of schooner Ketchum in October 1883 at Gill's Pier, north of Leland.
Maid of the West	Schooner, wood, three-masted	Canadian	1849, Port Credit, Ontario	98 ft. x 23 ft. x 9 ft.	168 tons	Sept. 2, 1856	Off the mouth of Grand Traverse Bay
Mazeppa	Schooner, wood	U.S. 16419	1857, D. O'Conner, Buffalo, NY		290 tons, 301 [om]	November 22, 1868	Near Norwood, Grand Traverse Bay
Onward	Tug, wood, propeller		1866, Detroit, MI		10 tons	October 28, 1892	Near Traverse City (Off the Holiday Inn?)			Swayze states location of total loss as SE corner of Grand Traverse Bay;
										Mansfield (1899) states driven against piers in severe storm at Traverse City
Samuel L. Mather	Schooner, wood, two-masted	U.S. 23925	1870, Nicholls, Vermilion, OH		539 tons	August 9, 1877	4 miles off Cathead Point, near Leelanau, MI
Supply	Scow-schooner, wood	U.S. 23497	1861, S.E. Field, Black River, OH	81 ft. x 21 ft. x 5 ft.	89 gross, 85 net	July 3, 1890	Grand Traverse Bay			Does not appear to be same vessel listed in Vrana (1995) as lost in the Manitou Passage area
The Brick	Scow	U.S. 145603	1891, James W. Markham, Traverse City	75.5 ft. x 24.5 ft. x 3.8 ft.	53.62 tons	circa 1890s - early 1900s	Near Traverse City (Yuba Park)			Steve Harold dove probable site about 500 ft. off Yuba Park in 25 ft. of water; he has abstract of the vessel document;
										document states 2-mast, one deck, square head and stern; built by prominent businessman to transport bricks.
Tribune	Schooner, wood	None	1847, Chicago, IL	104 ft.	276 tons	April 18, 1848	Off Cathead Point, MI (Leelanau Peninsula)		48 ft.?	Mansfield (1899) and GLVAD states lost in Lake Michigan
Other Potentials
"Stoney Point Wreck"										Reported during remote-sensing work; information from Jack Spencer
"Bellows Island Wreck(s)"										Reported during remote-sensing work; information from Jack Spencer
Unknown	Cabin cruiser	Recreational				1940s?	Burned and lost in Northport Bay?
Vernacular craft	Local work and recreational vessels									Contact Bill Carlson, Leland, MI and GTBOCI
NOTE 1:  This list includes known and potential shipwreck sites from the
"mouth of Grand Traverse Bay" to the Traverse City area
NOTE 2:  Known shipwreck sites have been confirmed by recreational divers;
potential shipwreck sites have not yet been discovered, or confirmed
NOTE 3:   Dimensions are listed as length x breadth of beam (width) x depth of hold
NOTE 4:  Dimensions and tonnage are at the time of total loss, if available
NOTE 5:  [om] means old measurement
NOTE 6:  Position coordinates are given as degrees, minutes, and tenths of minutes
Sources of Information:
·  The David Swayze Great Lakes Shipwreck File (online searchable database)
·   Other web sites on Great Lakes shipwrecks and commercial vessels
·  Mansfield, J.B.  1899.  History of the Great Lakes.  J.H. Beers & Company, Chicago, IL
·  Wakefield, L. and L.  1980.  Sail & Rail: A Narrative History of Transportation in Western
Michigan.  Reprint by Thunder Bay Press (1996).
·  Historical collection of the author
·  Information provided by Thaddius Bedford, Charles D. Craw, Jack Enger, Steve Harold,
Pat Karpowski, C. Patrick Labadie, Wayne Lusardi, John McKinney, Jack Spencer, and Bob Thorpe
Assembled by:
Kenneth J. Vrana
CMURM
989-834-0007
12/6/2005 (rev. 05/14/06)