Shipwreck · Lake Superior · Foundered
Mayflower
A scow-schooner built in 1887, lost on Lake Superior in 1891. The record: “Sunk June 2, 1891.” The wreck is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The vessel
On the record
- Type
- scow-schooner
- Builder
- Harry Johnson
- Launched
- 1887
- Length
- 147 ft (45 m)
- Beam
- 27 ft (8 m)
- Tonnage
- 230.4 GRT; 218.88 NRT
- Fate
- Sunk June 2, 1891
- Wreck site
- 2.25 mi south of the Lester River in Lake Superior
- National Register
- Listed August 28, 2012 · ref. 12000560
- Lake
- Lake Superior
- Coordinates
- 46.8033° N, 92.0111° W
The same decade
Superior losses of the 1890s
- Antelope1897 · foundered
- Samuel P. Ely1896
- SS Henry Chisholm1898 · foundered
- SS R. G. Stewart1899 · fire
- SS Vienna1892 · collision
- SS Western Reserve1892 · foundered
On the bottom nearby
Nearest Superior wrecks
- Thomas Wilson3.1 mi · lost 1902
- USS Essex6.3 mi
- SS Onoko11 mi · lost 1915
- SS Robert Wallace14 mi · lost 1902
- Niagara (1904)15 mi · lost 1904
- SS Benjamin Noble19 mi · lost 1914
Straight-line distance between published positions.
By boat
Closest launches
- Brighton Beach2.5 mi
- Barkers Island Marina6.3 mi
- McQuade Safe Harbor6.8 mi
- Loons Foot Landing7.2 mi
On the horizon
Nearest lights
- Duluth South Breakwater Outer Light4.0 mi
- Duluth Harbor North Pier Light4.0 mi
- Duluth South Breakwater Inner Light4.2 mi
On shore
Worth the stop
- North Shore Scenic Drive — Highway 6122 mi · drive
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Mayflower (scow-schooner), 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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