Shipwreck · Lake Superior · Foundered
SS Myron
A steamer, propeller, barge built in 1888, lost on Lake Superior in 1919. The record: “Foundered 1.5 mi west of Whitefish Point in Lake Superior on 23 November 1919 while her tow, schooner Miztec, survived the gale.”
The vessel
On the record
- Type
- Steamer, propeller, barge
- Builder
- Mechanics Dry Dock Company
- Completed
- 1888
- Length
- 186 ft (57 m)
- Beam
- 33 ft (10 m)
- Tonnage
- 732 Gross Register Tonnage; 493.7 Net Register Tonnage
- Propulsion
- Screw
- Crew
- 18
- Fate
- Foundered 1.5 mi west of Whitefish Point in Lake Superior on 23 November 1919 while her tow, schooner Miztec, survived the gale.
- Lake
- Lake Superior
- Coordinates
- 46.8077° N, 85.0274° W
The same decade
Superior losses of the 1910s
- French minesweepers Inkerman and Cerisoles1918
- Gunilda1911 · foundered
- SS Benjamin Noble1914 · foundered
- SS Henry B. Smith1913 · foundered
- SS Leafield1913 · foundered
- SS Onoko1915 · foundered
- SS William C. Moreland1910
On the bottom nearby
Nearest Superior wrecks
- Miztec2.3 mi · lost 1921
- SS John Mitchell3.1 mi
- SS M.M. Drake4.0 mi · lost 1901
- John M. Osborn4.9 mi · lost 1884
- SS Vienna5.5 mi · lost 1892
- SS John B. Cowle5.5 mi · lost 1909
Straight-line distance between published positions.
By boat
Closest launches
- Whitefish Point Harbor4.4 mi
- Little Lake Harbor17 mi
- Tahquamenon Falls Bay19 mi
On the horizon
Nearest lights
- Whitefish Point Light4.2 mi
- Crisp Point Light12 mi
On shore
Worth the stop
- Tahquamenon Falls and Whitefish Point4.2 mi · park
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article SS Myron, 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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