Shipwreck · Lake Huron · Foundered
Newell A. Eddy
A three‑masted wooden schooner built in 1890, lost on Lake Huron in 1893. The record: “Foundered in storm, 22 April 1893.”
The vessel
On the record
- Type
- Three‑masted wooden schooner
- Builder
- Frank W. Wheeler & Co.
- Launched
- 6 May 1890
- Completed
- 1890
- Length
- 242 ft (74 m)
- Beam
- 40 ft (12 m)
- Tonnage
- 1270 gross tons
- Propulsion
- Sail (unpowered; towed as consort)
- Fate
- Foundered in storm, 22 April 1893
- Lake
- Lake Huron
- Coordinates
- 45.7814° N, 84.2303° W
The story
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The same decade
Huron losses of the 1890s
- John Shaw1894 · foundered
- SS Florida1897 · collision
- SS Messenger1890 · fire
- SS Norman1895
- SS Ohio1894 · foundered
- Typo1899 · collision
On the bottom nearby
Nearest Huron wrecks
- Persian6.8 mi
- SS Russia20 mi · lost 1909
- SS Cedarville21 mi · lost 1965
- F. T. Barney28 mi
- SS Choctaw39 mi · lost 1915
- SS Ohio40 mi · lost 1894
Straight-line distance between published positions.
By boat
Closest launches
- Bois Blanc11 mi
- Hammond Bay14 mi
- Cheboygan County14 mi
- Cedarville16 mi
On the horizon
Nearest lights
- Spectacle Reef Light4.5 mi
- Poe Reef Light8.7 mi
- Bois Blanc Light9.5 mi
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Newell A. Eddy (schooner), 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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