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Michigan - Isle Royale National Park Underwater Preserve
Kamloops
| Name: Kamloops |
| Also
Known By: None |
| Official
No.: C147682 |
| Vessel
Type: Propeller, steel, package freight "canaller" |
| Constructed: 1924, Furness Ship Building, Haverton Hill , England hull# 68 |
| Specifications: 250x43 2402 t. |
| Date
Lost: 1927, Dec 7 |
Place
Lost: Off Twelve O'Clock Point, Isle Royale |
| Body
of Water: Superior (Isle Royale National Park) |
| Type
of Loss: Storm |
| Lives
Lost: 22 (All Hands) |
| Cargo: General merch |
| Notes: Went missing in tremendous gale, probably capsized from the weight
of ice in her superstructure. Little information or wreckage was found
until the wreck was discovered by accident in '77 in 100' of water.
She has claimed at least one diver since. Bound Montreal for Ft. William.
Bodies of part of her crew were found on Amygdaloid I. the next spring,
sitting around a fire site. They had been chewed, apparently by wolves. |
| Location: 75 yards west off 12 O'Clock Point on the NW side of Isle Royale. |
| Loran: 31786.1/46124.4 |
| Lat/Lon:
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| Depth:
260 Feet |
| Visibility: 20 Feet |
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