Shipwreck · Lake Superior · Foundered
Miztec
A schooner built in 1890, lost on Lake Superior in 1921. The record: “Foundered on May 13, 1921 off Vermilion Point on Lake Superior when in tow of the propeller Zillah.”
The vessel
On the record
- Type
- Schooner; later converted to schooner barge
- Builder
- H. Ihnken & P. Lester
- Completed
- 1890
- Length
- 194 ft (59 m)
- Beam
- 35 ft (11 m)
- Tonnage
- 777.10 GRT; 738.50 NRT
- Crew
- 7
- Fate
- Foundered on May 13, 1921 off Vermilion Point on Lake Superior when in tow of the propeller Zillah.
- Lake
- Lake Superior
- Coordinates
- 46.8012° N, 85.0750° W
The story
Read the full history
The same decade
Superior losses of the 1920s
- City of Bangor1926 · stranded
- Lambton1922 · foundered
- SS America1928 · foundered
- SS Glenlyon1924 · foundered
- SS Harriet B.1922 · foundered
- SS Kamloops1927 · foundered
- SS Superior City1920 · foundered
On the bottom nearby
Nearest Superior wrecks
- SS M.M. Drake2.0 mi · lost 1901
- SS John Mitchell2.3 mi
- SS Myron2.3 mi · lost 1919
- John M. Osborn4.5 mi · lost 1884
- SS Vienna6.7 mi · lost 1892
- SS John B. Cowle6.7 mi · lost 1909
Straight-line distance between published positions.
By boat
Closest launches
- Whitefish Point Harbor5.9 mi
- Little Lake Harbor15 mi
- Tahquamenon Falls Bay18 mi
On the horizon
Nearest lights
- Whitefish Point Light5.9 mi
- Crisp Point Light9.2 mi
On shore
Worth the stop
- Tahquamenon Falls and Whitefish Point5.9 mi · park
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Miztec (schooner barge), 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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