Shipwreck · Lake Superior · Foundered
PS Cumberland
A side paddlewheeler built in 1871, lost on Lake Superior in 1877. The record: “Sank 1877.” The wreck is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The vessel
On the record
- Type
- Side paddlewheeler
- Builder
- Melanchthan & Simpson
- Launched
- August 8, 1871
- Length
- 214 ft (65 m)
- Beam
- 28 ft (9 m)
- Tonnage
- 750 GRT
- Propulsion
- walking beam engine
- Fate
- Sank 1877
- Wreck site
- Near Rock of Ages Light, Isle Royale National Park, Michigan
- National Register
- Listed June 14, 1984 · ref. 84001732
- Lake
- Lake Superior
- Coordinates
- 47.8578° N, 89.3275° W
The same decade
Superior losses of the 1870s
- SS Comet1875 · foundered
- Wayzata Bay Wreck1879 · foundered
On the bottom nearby
Nearest Superior wrecks
- SS Henry Chisholm0.0 mi · lost 1898
- USS Puritan0.2 mi · lost 1933
- SS America5.5 mi · lost 1928
- SS Glenlyon28 mi · lost 1924
- SS Henry Steinbrenner28 mi · lost 1953
- SS Kamloops30 mi · lost 1927
Straight-line distance between published positions.
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article PS Cumberland, 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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