Shipwreck · Lake Michigan · Foundered
SS Erie L. Hackley
A steam screw built in 1882, lost on Lake Michigan in 1903. The record: “Sunk in 1903 near Green Island, Wisconsin.”
The vessel
On the record
- Type
- Steam screw
- Builder
- J.P. Arnol
- Completed
- 1882-1903
- Length
- 79 ft (24 m)
- Beam
- 17 ft (5 m)
- Tonnage
- 54.61
- Propulsion
- Steam screw
- Fate
- Sunk in 1903 near Green Island, Wisconsin
- Lake
- Lake Michigan
- Coordinates
- 45.0618° N, 87.4562° W
The story
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The same year
Also lost in 1903
- SS Walter L. FrostMichigan · stranded
- Tennie and LauraMichigan · foundered
- MoonlightSuperior
- SS MarquetteSuperior · foundered
The same decade
Michigan losses of the 1900s
- R. J. Hackett1905 · foundered
- SS Appomattox1905 · stranded
- SS Atlanta1906
- SS Eastland1905
- SS Francis Hinton1909
- SS S. C. Baldwin1908 · foundered
On the bottom nearby
Nearest Michigan wrecks
- SS Australasia16 mi · lost 1896
- F. J. King23 mi
- SS Lakeland23 mi · lost 1924
- R. J. Hackett24 mi · lost 1905
- Rouse Simmons54 mi · lost 1912
- SS Vernon59 mi · lost 1887
Straight-line distance between published positions.
By boat
Closest launches
- Red Arrow Park Boat Ramp (Marinette)6.7 mi
- Frank E. Murphy County Park Boat Ramp6.8 mi
- Railroad Dock7.0 mi
- 6th Street Slip7.8 mi
On the horizon
Nearest lights
On shore
Worth the stop
- Cave Point County Park16 mi · park
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article SS Erie L. Hackley, 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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