Sld Ship Type: Steamer

Beacon

Explore the wreck of the Beacon, a steamship lost in a collision in the Niagara River in 1871, highlighting the challenges of Great Lakes navigation.

Sld Ship Type: Steamer

  • Beacon

    Explore the wreck of the Beacon, a steamship lost in a collision in the Niagara River in 1871, highlighting the challenges of Great Lakes…

  • Berlin City (1856)

    Explore the history of the Berlin City, a sidewheel steamer that served the Great Lakes and met its end in a fire in 1870.

  • Daylight US 6200

    Explore the remains of the Daylight, a wooden sidewheel steamer that caught fire in 1870 while docked in Ferrysburg, Michigan.

  • St. Clair

    Explore the wreck of the St. Clair, a wooden steamer lost to fire in Lake Huron near Port Huron, Michigan, in October 1870.

  • Guiding Star

    Explore the wreck of the Guiding Star, a wooden side-wheel steamer that met a tragic fate in 1870 due to a boiler explosion.

  • T.F. Parks (Ploughboy) (1851)

    Explore the wreck of the T.F. Parks, a wooden sidewheel steamer that succumbed to fire in 1870 while docked in the Detroit River.

  • Otter

    Explore the wreck of the Otter, a wooden sidewheel steamer that served the Montreal-Ottawa-Kingston corridor before its fiery end in 1870.

  • Alliance US 300

    Explore the story of the ALLIANCE, a wooden sidewheel steamer lost over Niagara Falls in 1869. A reminder of the challenges faced by 19th-century…

  • Colonist

    Explore the wreck of the Colonist, a wooden-hulled steamer that succumbed to a storm in Lake Huron in 1869. A dive into history awaits.

  • Belle (1860)

    Explore the wreck of the Belle, a wooden-hulled steam screw vessel lost in 1869, approximately 3 miles off Port Washington, Lake Michigan.