Shipwreck · Lake Superior · Foundered
D.R. Owen
A schooner, wrecked on Lake Superior. The record: “Sank east of Ashland, near the mouth of the Bad River.”
Lost on Lake Superior
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D.R. Owen
Schooner
Wreck site not published in the record we draw from.
The vessel
On the record
- Type
- Schooner
- Length
- 100 ft (30 m)
- Fate
- Sank east of Ashland, near the mouth of the Bad River
- Lake
- Lake Superior
The public record for this vessel is thin. If you hold its enrollment, a survey or a loss report, write to contact@greatamericanlakes.com with the source and we will add it.
The story
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Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article D.R. Owen (shipwreck), 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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