Shipwreck · Lake Erie · Collision
Morning Star
A steamship built in 1862, wrecked on Lake Erie. The record: “Collided with the Cortland.”
The vessel
On the record
- Type
- Steamship
- Builder
- Alvin A. Turner
- Launched
- 1862
- Length
- 243 ft (74 m)
- Tonnage
- 1,075
- Fate
- Collided with the Cortland
- Lake
- Lake Erie
- Coordinates
- 41.6000° N, 82.2000° W
The story
Read the full history
On the bottom nearby
Nearest Erie wrecks
- Anthony Wayne11 mi
- Argo15 mi · lost 1937
- Barge 10426 mi · lost 1898
- SS Sir William Siemens28 mi
- SS William Edenborn29 mi · lost 1905
- James B. Colgate41 mi · lost 1916
Straight-line distance between published positions.
By boat
Closest launches
- Sheffield Lake Community Park8.8 mi
- Lakeside Landing8.9 mi
- Lorain Public Boat Ramp9.0 mi
- Lakeview Park9.5 mi
On the horizon
Nearest lights
On shore
Worth the stop
- Kelleys Island Glacial Grooves26 mi · park
- Marblehead Lighthouse27 mi · lighthouse
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Morning Star (1862 ship), retrieved 2026-10-11. We print the fields as recorded and add nothing; a missing field means the record is silent. Tonnage and dimensions were often measured more than one way in their day, so they can differ between sources.
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