Shipwreck · Lake Michigan · Foundered
Gallinipper
A schooner built in 1833, lost on Lake Michigan in 1851. The record: “Sank July 1851.”
The vessel
On the record
- Type
- Schooner
- Builder
- Augustus Jones and G. W. Cochran, Black River, Ohio
- Completed
- 1833
- Length
- 95 ft (29 m)
- Beam
- 22 ft (7 m)
- Propulsion
- Sails
- Fate
- Sank July 1851
- Lake
- Lake Michigan
- Coordinates
- 43.9130° N, 87.4845° W
On the bottom nearby
Nearest Michigan wrecks
- Home4.2 mi · lost 1858
- SS Selah Chamberlain13 mi · lost 1886
- SS Pere Marquette 1815 mi · lost 1910
- SS Francis Hinton16 mi · lost 1909
- Arctic16 mi · lost 1930
- Robert C. Pringle16 mi · lost 1922
Straight-line distance between published positions.
By boat
Closest launches
- Hika Park Access12 mi
- Red Arrow Park Boat Ramp (Manitowoc)14 mi
- S. Lakeview Drive Carry-in15 mi
- Lake Michigan Access (Sheboygan)15 mi
On the horizon
Nearest lights
On shore
Worth the stop
- Kohler-Andrae State Park21 mi · dunes
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Gallinipper, 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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