Shipwreck · Lake Superior · Foundered
Thomas Friant
A vessel built in 1884, wrecked on Lake Superior. The record: “Holed by ice, and sank on Lake Superior.” The wreck is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The vessel
On the record
- Builder
- Duncan Robertson
- Completed
- 1884
- Length
- 96 ft (29 m)
- Beam
- 18 ft (5 m)
- Tonnage
- 81.42 GRT; 46.20 NRT
- Propulsion
- 315 hp compound steam engine
- Fate
- Holed by ice, and sank on Lake Superior
- Wreck site
- 13 mi southeast of Two Harbors, Minnesota
- National Register
- Listed November 18, 2019 · ref. 10000462
- Lake
- Lake Superior
- Coordinates
- 46.8667° N, 91.4833° W
On the bottom nearby
Nearest Superior wrecks
- SS Harriet B.9.3 mi · lost 1922
- SS Benjamin Noble9.8 mi · lost 1914
- SS Robert Wallace12 mi · lost 1902
- Samuel P. Ely14 mi · lost 1896
- SS Onoko14 mi · lost 1915
- Niagara (1904)15 mi · lost 1904
Straight-line distance between published positions.
By boat
Closest launches
- Port Wing Marina Boat Ramp7.0 mi
- Bois Brule River Mouth Access10 mi
- Herbster Landing11 mi
- Bark Bay Slough Access13 mi
On the horizon
Nearest lights
On shore
Worth the stop
- North Shore Scenic Drive — Highway 6114 mi · drive
- Gooseberry Falls State Park19 mi · park
- Split Rock Lighthouse24 mi · lighthouse
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Thomas Friant (fish tug), 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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