Shipwreck · Lake Superior
Manistee
A packet steamer built in 1867, lost on Lake Superior in 1883. The record: “Disappeared November 10, 1883.”
Lost on Lake Superior
1883
Manistee
Packet steamer · built 1867 · lost 1883
Wreck site not published in the record we draw from.
The vessel
On the record
- Type
- Packet steamer
- Builder
- E. M. Peck, Cleveland, Ohio
- Launched
- 1867
- Length
- 154 ft (47 m)
- Tonnage
- 677 GRT
- Crew
- About 23
- Fate
- Disappeared November 10, 1883
- Lake
- Lake Superior
The story
Read the full history
The same decade
Superior losses of the 1880s
- J.S. Seaverns1884 · foundered
- John M. Osborn1884 · collision
- Lucerne1886 · foundered
- PS City of Ashland1887 · fire
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Manistee (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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