Shipwreck · Lake Superior · Foundered
SS Onoko
A bulk Freighter built in 1882, lost on Lake Superior in 1915. The record: “Sprang a leak and sank on Lake Superior with no loss of life.” The wreck is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The vessel
On the record
- Type
- Bulk Freighter
- Builder
- Globe Iron Works Company
- Launched
- February 16, 1882
- Completed
- 1882
- Length
- 303 ft (92 m)
- Beam
- 39 ft (12 m)
- Tonnage
- 2164 GRT; 1933 NRT
- Propulsion
- Compound steam engine
- Fate
- Sprang a leak and sank on Lake Superior with no loss of life
- Wreck site
- 6 miles south of Knife River
- National Register
- Listed July 23, 1992 · ref. 92000845
- Lake
- Lake Superior
- Coordinates
- 46.8462° N, 91.7773° 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 Myron1919 · foundered
- SS William C. Moreland1910
On the bottom nearby
Nearest Superior wrecks
- SS Robert Wallace2.3 mi · lost 1902
- Niagara (1904)6.9 mi · lost 1904
- SS Benjamin Noble8.0 mi · lost 1914
- SS Harriet B.10 mi · lost 1922
- Mayflower11 mi · lost 1891
- Samuel P. Ely12 mi · lost 1896
Straight-line distance between published positions.
By boat
Closest launches
- French River6.6 mi
- Knife River Marina and Harbor6.8 mi
- Knife River Beach6.9 mi
- McQuade Safe Harbor7.2 mi
On the horizon
Nearest lights
On shore
Worth the stop
- North Shore Scenic Drive — Highway 6113 mi · drive
- Gooseberry Falls State Park25 mi · park
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article SS Onoko, 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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