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Point Traverse
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| Type: |
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Shipwreck |
| Build: |
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1881 |
| Location: |
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Point Traverse, Canada |
| Depth: |
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43 feet |
| Built: |
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1881 |
| Sunk: |
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1921 |
| Length: |
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218 feet |
| Access: |
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boat |
| Level: |
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Intermediate / Advanced |
| Orientation: |
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Upright |
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| Description |
Found by Doug Harrison in 1990, the wreck includes large coils of rusting wire.
Atlasco Wooden propeller, 218''x33''x13''. Built in 1881 as a package freighter, she was later converted to a bulk freight barge. On August 17, 1921, she sank in about 43'' of water off the south shore of Pt. Traverse in a gale while downbound with a cargo of wire cable. All hands escaped safely in a lifeboat. View a ship''s wheel, rudder, winch, 4 anchors, coils of wire cable etc.
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