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Michigan - Sanilac Shores Underwater Preserve
Checotah Wreck
Name:
Checotah |
| Also
Known By: Built as GEORGE D. RUSSELL, last name in 1890 |
Official
No.: 85267 |
| Vessel
Type : Schooner-barge, wood |
| Constructed: 1870, Bailey Bros., Toledo |
| Specifications: 199x34x12 658g 598n |
| Date
Lost: 1906, Oct 30 |
| Place
Lost: Off Port Sanilac, MI |
| Body
of Water: Huron (Sanilac Shores Preserve) |
| Type
of Loss: Storm |
| Lives
Lost: None |
| Cargo: Lumber |
| Notes: Overcome by storm and sank. Abandoned 8 mi ENE of Port Sanilac. Tow
of steamer TEMPEST. Hulk later found 12 mi NNE of Port Sanilac, about
6 mi offshore. Her document was surrendered after she was wrecked
at Cleveland, 11/26/05. As RUSSELL, she lay in the St. Mary's R. for
several years after a collision with the steamer NORTHERNER in 1882.
Document was surrendered, but she was raised and rebuilt to this vessel
in 1890. May be the only Great Lakes vessel to have surrendered her
registration document three times. |
| Location: Approximately 12.2 miles from Port Sanilac on bearing of 22 degrees. |
| Loran: 30761.3/49413.5 |
| Lat/Lon:
43 36.08/82 28.16 |
| Depth:
90-115 Feet |
| Visibility: 2-10 Feet |
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