Shipwreck · Lake Superior · Foundered
SS Benjamin Noble
A canaller built in 1909, lost on Lake Superior in 1914. The record: “Foundered April 28, 1914 off Knife River, Lake Superior.” The wreck is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The vessel
On the record
- Type
- Canaller
- Builder
- Detroit Shipbuilding Company, Wyandotte, Michigan
- Launched
- April 28, 1909
- Completed
- 1909
- Length
- 239 ft (73 m)
- Beam
- 40 ft (12 m)
- Tonnage
- 1,481
- Propulsion
- Triple-expansion steam engine
- Crew
- 16
- Fate
- Foundered April 28, 1914 off Knife River, Lake Superior
- Wreck site
- Lake Superior near Knife River
- National Register
- Listed 2007 · ref. 07000984
- Lake
- Lake Superior
- Coordinates
- 46.9333° N, 91.6667° W
The same decade
Superior losses of the 1910s
- French minesweepers Inkerman and Cerisoles1918
- Gunilda1911 · foundered
- SS Henry B. Smith1913 · foundered
- SS Leafield1913 · foundered
- SS Myron1919 · foundered
- SS Onoko1915 · foundered
- SS William C. Moreland1910
On the bottom nearby
Nearest Superior wrecks
- SS Harriet B.2.3 mi · lost 1922
- Niagara (1904)5.0 mi · lost 1904
- Samuel P. Ely5.4 mi · lost 1896
- SS Robert Wallace6.6 mi · lost 1902
- SS Onoko8.0 mi · lost 1915
- Thomas Friant9.8 mi
Straight-line distance between published positions.
By boat
Closest launches
- Knife River Beach5.5 mi
- Knife River Marina and Harbor5.5 mi
- Two Harbors, Agate Bay boat launch5.6 mi
- Burlington Bay6.3 mi
On the horizon
Nearest lights
On shore
Worth the stop
- North Shore Scenic Drive — Highway 616.2 mi · drive
- Gooseberry Falls State Park17 mi · park
- Split Rock Lighthouse23 mi · lighthouse
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article SS Benjamin Noble, 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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