Shipwreck · Lake Superior · Fire
Noquebay
An originally built as a schooner, later converted into a towable barge built in 1872, lost on Lake Superior in 1905. The record: “Burned October 9, 1905.” The wreck is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The vessel
On the record
- Type
- Originally built as a schooner, later converted into a towable barge
- Builder
- Built in Trenton, Michigan, in 1872
- Launched
- 1872
- Length
- 205 ft (62 m)
- Tonnage
- 684 tons
- Propulsion
- none
- Fate
- Burned October 9, 1905
- National Register
- Listed June 4, 1992 · ref. 92000593
- Lake
- Lake Superior
- Coordinates
- 46.9261° N, 90.5453° W
The same year
Also lost in 1905
- SS William EdenbornErie · foundered
- MinnedosaHuron · foundered
- SS EtruriaHuron · collision
- SS KaliyugaHuron · foundered
- R. J. HackettMichigan · foundered
- SS AppomattoxMichigan · stranded
- SS EastlandMichigan
- AmboySuperior · stranded
- MadeiraSuperior · foundered
- SevonaSuperior · foundered
The same decade
Superior losses of the 1900s
- Moonlight1903
- Niagara (1904)1904
- Ottawa1909 · fire
- Sagamore1901 · collision
- SS Bannockburn1902 · foundered
- SS Cyprus1907 · foundered
- SS D. M. Clemson1908 · foundered
- SS Fedora1901 · fire
- SS Hudson1901 · foundered
- SS John B. Cowle1909 · foundered
On the bottom nearby
Nearest Superior wrecks
- SS R. G. Stewart4.9 mi · lost 1899
- SS Marquette8.5 mi · lost 1903
- Moonlight10 mi · lost 1903
- Ottawa11 mi · lost 1909
- Lucerne18 mi · lost 1886
- Sevona18 mi · lost 1905
Straight-line distance between published positions.
By boat
Closest launches
- Red Cliff12 mi
- Bayfield City Boat Launch15 mi
- Little Sand Bay Access16 mi
- Onion River Access20 mi
On the horizon
Nearest lights
- Michigan Island Light4.4 mi
- Gull Island Light5.0 mi
- Outer Island Light12 mi
On shore
Worth the stop
- Apostle Islands National Lakeshore6.0 mi · park
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Noquebay, 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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