- Schooner Barge
- 40ffw
- 164ft Length
- Little Current, Lake Huron
- N45 59.466 W81.58.966
The B.B. Buckhout was a schooner-barge that was built in 1873 in East Saginaw, Michigan. It had a wooden hull and a single deck. The vessel was constructed by W.S. Campbell and originally owned by B.B. Buckhout of Bay City, Michigan. It had three masts and measured 158.2 feet in length, 28.8 feet in beam, and 10 feet in depth. The Buckhout had a gross tonnage of 351 and a net tonnage of 334.
In its history, the Buckhout underwent several changes in ownership and operations. After its launch in April 1873, it was owned by W.S. Campbell of East Saginaw, Michigan starting from May 21 of the same year. In 1882, it was towed by the vessel Alpena in the Saginaw and Chicago lumber trade. Ownership of the Buckhout changed hands again in 1884, when it came under the ownership of A.C. McLean and W.H. Bridges, both from Bay City, Michigan.
On April 7, 1888, the ownership of the Buckhout transferred solely to W.H. Bridges, and during this time, the vessel was modified from having two masts to three masts. From 1896 to 1901, it was towed by various vessels, including the Maine, Robert Holland, Langell Boys, A.A. Turner, and D. Leuty. In 1906, the Shannon & Garey Lumber Co. of Bay City became the new owner of the Buckhout.
The vessel encountered a series of events in its later years. On July 22, 1907, while being towed by the Homer Warren, it ran aground 10 miles west of Whitefish Point in Lake Superior, on its journey from Two Harbors, Minnesota to Bay City. It was eventually released on July 25. Later that year, on August 31, while being towed by the Tempest from Blind River, Ontario to Saginaw, the Buckhout began leaking and had to seek refuge in Alpena, Michigan, where it settled in the harbor and underwent repairs.
In June 1912, the Buckhout came under the ownership of Rixon, Ainslie & Stoddard Ltd. of Owen Sound, Ontario. It was registered under the number C126059 and had dimensions of 155 feet in length, 28.8 feet in beam, and 10 feet in depth, with a tonnage of 341. Unfortunately, in November of that same year, the Buckhout met its final fate when it ran aground near Narrow Island, east of Little Current in Georgian Bay, Lake Huron. The incident occurred when the tug towing the Buckhout, named Maitland, struck a shoal. The vessel remained stranded there.
The Canadian registry for the Buckhout was closed in 1923, marking the end of its official documentation.
