Shipwreck · Lake Huron · Foundered
Cornelia B. Windiate
A vessel, lost on Lake Huron in 1875. The record: “Sank 1875.”
The vessel
On the record
- Builder
- Windiate & Butler, Manitowoc
- Tonnage
- 322
- Fate
- Sank 1875
- Lake
- Lake Huron
- Coordinates
- 45.3259° N, 83.3267° W
The public record for this vessel is thin. If you hold its enrollment, a survey or a loss report, write to contact@greatamericanlakes.com with the source and we will add it.
The same year
Also lost in 1875
- EquinoxMichigan · foundered
- SS MerchantMichigan
- SS CometSuperior · foundered
On the bottom nearby
Nearest Huron wrecks
- SS Norman2.5 mi · lost 1895
- John J. Audubon2.6 mi · lost 1854
- SS Florida2.9 mi · lost 1897
- Kyle Spangler6.6 mi · lost 1860
- Defiance6.7 mi · lost 1854
- SS Etruria13 mi · lost 1905
Straight-line distance between published positions.
By boat
Closest launches
- Presque Isle7.9 mi
- Rockport9.0 mi
- North Riverfront Park19 mi
- Alpena Municipal Marina19 mi
On the horizon
Nearest lights
- Old Presque Isle Light7.5 mi
- New Presque Isle Light8.3 mi
- Middle Island Light9.2 mi
On shore
Worth the stop
- Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary19 mi · park
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Cornelia B. Windiate, 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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