Shipwreck · Lake Superior · Foundered
SS M.M. Drake
A steamer, propeller, barge built in 1882, lost on Lake Superior in 1901. The record: “Foundered off Vermilion Point in Lake Superior with her tow, schooner Michigan on 2 October 1901.”
The vessel
On the record
- Type
- Steamer, propeller, barge
- Builder
- Union Dry Dock Company
- Completed
- 1882
- Length
- 201 ft (61 m)
- Beam
- 34 ft (10 m)
- Tonnage
- 915 GRT; 762 NRT
- Fate
- Foundered off Vermilion Point in Lake Superior with her tow, schooner Michigan on 2 October 1901
- Lake
- Lake Superior
- Coordinates
- 46.7765° N, 85.0989° W
The same year
Also lost in 1901
The same decade
Superior losses of the 1900s
- Amboy1905 · stranded
- Madeira1905 · foundered
- Moonlight1903
- Niagara (1904)1904
- Noquebay1905 · fire
- Ottawa1909 · fire
- Sevona1905 · foundered
- SS Bannockburn1902 · foundered
- SS Cyprus1907 · foundered
- SS D. M. Clemson1908 · foundered
On the bottom nearby
Nearest Superior wrecks
- Miztec2.0 mi · lost 1921
- SS Myron4.0 mi · lost 1919
- SS John Mitchell4.1 mi
- John M. Osborn6.2 mi · lost 1884
- SS Vienna6.8 mi · lost 1892
- SS John B. Cowle6.8 mi · lost 1909
Straight-line distance between published positions.
By boat
Closest launches
- Whitefish Point Harbor6.4 mi
- Little Lake Harbor13 mi
- Tahquamenon Falls Bay17 mi
On the horizon
Nearest lights
- Whitefish Point Light6.7 mi
- Crisp Point Light7.7 mi
On shore
Worth the stop
- Tahquamenon Falls and Whitefish Point6.7 mi · park
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article SS M.M. Drake, 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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