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Ships and shipwrecks of the Au Sable Shores region of western Lake Huron / by John M. O'Shea.

Penn Museum Library GN2 .M52 no.39
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
O'Shea, John M.
Series:
Memoirs of the Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan ; no. 39.
Memoirs of the Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan ; no. 39
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Underwater archaeology--Huron, Lake, Region (Mich. and Ont.).
Underwater archaeology.
Shipwrecks--Huron, Lake, Region (Mich. and Ont.)--History.
Shipwrecks.
Ships--Huron, Lake, Region (Mich. and Ont.)--History.
Ships.
History.
Huron, Lake, Region (Mich. and Ont.)--Antiquities.
Huron, Lake, Region (Mich. and Ont.).
Huron, Lake, Region (Mich. and Ont.)--History.
Au Sable River Region (Mich.)--Antiquities.
Au Sable River Region (Mich.).
Au Sable River Region (Mich.)--History.
Iosco County (Mich.)--Antiquities.
Iosco County (Mich.).
Iosco County (Mich.)--History.
Physical Description:
xii, 116 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
Place of Publication:
Ann Arbor, Mich. : Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan, 2004.
Contents:
Map of Lake Huron shoreline from Hammond Bay to Point Aux Barques ii
Part 1 The Region
Chapter 1 Introduction to the Au Sable Shores 2
Background to the Au Sable Shores Region 2
Nineteenth-Century Shipping along the Western Lake Huron Shore 7
Part 2 The Wrecks
Chapter 2 Introduction to the Wrecks 10
Traffic on the Au Sable Shores 10
Wrecks Present and Not Present on the Au Sable Shores 10
Fallability of Historical Records 11
How and Why Ships Were Lost 13
Chapter 3 Historic Wrecks 19
Athenian 19
Baltimore 19
Dudley 23
Eureka 23
Ferguson 23
Fort Meigs 23
Goshawk 24
Gray Eagle 24
George Hand 24
James C. Harrison 24
Hercules 26
Langell Boys 26
Linden 27
Jane Mason 30
May Queen 30
Andrew A. McLean 31
Mears 31
Midnight 33
Mary E. Pierce 34
Owen 34
R. Prindiville 34
Sea Bird 35
Sea Gull 36
John Shaw 37
Thomas P. Sheldon 39
George Steele 41
Stranger 41
Summit 41
Table Rock 42
Volunteer 42
Susan Wrad 42
Water Witch 44
Wawanosh 44
Wayne 45
White Squall 46
Chapter 4 Vessels Erroneously Attributed to the Au Sable Shores Region 47
Atlanta 48
Banner 49
M. D. Cardington 50
E. F. Gould 50
Criss Grover 51
A. Lincoln 53
Naiad 53
Ocean 53
William B. Ogden 55
Kitty Reeves 55
Sea Gull 57
Part 3 Archaeology
Chapter 5 The Evolving Shoreline 60
Methods 60
Historic Maps 62
1838 Houghton Manuscript Map 62
General Land Office Mapping in Iosco County, Michigan, 1838-1843 62
United States Lake Survey of Lake Huron, 1856 62
Tawas Harbor, 1880-1891 64
Tawas Harbor, Michigan, 1905 67
Nautical Charts of Lake Huron in the Twentieth Century 67
Imaging the Western Lake Huron Shore Area 70
Change in the Western Lake Huron Shoreline 74
Tawas Bay 76
Tawas Point 76
Au Sable Point 79
Chapter 6 Archaeological Survey of the Au Sable Shores Region 81
Methods and Coverage 81
Limitations 84
Survey Results 84
Wooden Vessel Debris 85
Brick, Metal and Stone Debris 89
Coal 92
Other Shore Area Features 96
Large Fragments of Vessels and Their Association with Known Au Sable Shores Area Wrecks 98
Tawas Point Area 99
Au Sable Point Area 103
Au Sable-Oscoda Area 107
Continuing Research in the Au Sable Shores Region 108.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-116).
ISBN:
0915703572
OCLC:
55511338

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