Shipwreck · Lake Huron · Stranded
Metamora
A tug built in 1864, lost on Lake Huron in 1907. The record: “Ran into a shallow shoal off of Turning Island, Georgian Bay, September 29, 1907.”
The vessel
On the record
- Type
- Tug
- Builder
- Peck & Masters, Cleveland
- Completed
- 1864
- Length
- 121 ft (37 m)
- Beam
- 21 ft (6 m)
- Tonnage
- 300 tons
- Fate
- Ran into a shallow shoal off of Turning Island, Georgian Bay, September 29, 1907
- Lake
- Lake Huron
- Coordinates
- 45.5287° N, 80.4074° W
The story
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The same decade
Huron losses of the 1900s
- Minnedosa1905 · foundered
- SS Etruria1905 · collision
- SS Kaliyuga1905 · foundered
- SS New Orleans1906
- SS Oscar T. Flint1909 · fire
- SS Russia1909 · foundered
- SS W. P. Thew1909 · collision
On the bottom nearby
Nearest Huron wrecks
- PS Waubuno31 mi · lost 1879
- SS Manasoo52 mi · lost 1928
- SS Midland City60 mi · lost 1955
- Sweepstakes65 mi · lost 1885
- Nancy72 mi · lost 1814
- Erie Belle113 mi · lost 1883
Straight-line distance between published positions.
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Metamora (shipwreck), 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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