National Register of Historic Places

PEWABIC (propeller) Shipwreck Site

Alpena Township, Alpena County, Michigan
Listed
August 21, 2016
Type
Site
Period
Listed
Ref No.
14001096

About this property

SS Pewabic was a package freighter that served ports on the Upper Great Lakes. She was launched in October 1863, fitted out in the spring of 1864, and was in active service until she sank off Thunder Bay Island in Lake Huron on August 9, 1865, due to collision with her sister vessel. There was significant loss of life, with a number variously estimated at 100 to 125 passengers and crew of the stricken vessel going down with the ship. If the higher number is accepted, the loss of life made this disaster, in terms of loss of life from the sinking of a single vessel, the seventh-worst tragedy in the history of the Great Lakes, and the worst ever on Lake Huron. The sunken hull of the package freighter is a feature of the present-day Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

Location

Alpena Township, Alpena County, Michigan

Categories

MARITIME HISTORYCOMMERCEENGINEERINGHISTORIC - NON-ABORIGINAL
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PEWABIC (propeller) Shipwreck Site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 21, 2016.

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