PHOTO Courtesy of great lakes shipwreck historical society
The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society (GLSHS), in partnership with Marine Sonic Technology, has announced the discovery of two vessels that sank in Lake Superior in 1914.
On November 18th, 1914, the Steamship C.F. Curtis was towing the schooner barges Selden E. Marvin and Annie M. Peterson from Baraga, Michigan, to Tonawanda, New York. The three ships got stuck in a storm and were never seen again. All 28 passengers aboard the three ships lost their lives that day.
In 2021, GLSHS located the Curtis, but was unable to find Marvin and Peterson. After a lot of searching, the shipwreck society located the Marvin in the summer of 2022.
“The combined losses of the C.F. Curtis, Selden E. Marvin and Annie M. Peterson have comprised one of the more tragic stories of shipwreck on the Great Lakes and certainly became one of Lake Superior’s enduring mysteries,” says GLSHS Executive Director Bruce Lynn. “To locate the Curtis and Marvin in a space of two years has been amazing. Now we just have to find the Peterson!”
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