Albany

Date Built: 1846
Construction: Wood sidewheel steamer, passenger/package freight
Owners: C.L. Gager, Sheldon McKnight. Builders: C. Worth, C.L. Gager, in Detroit
Dimensions: 202x29x12, 669 ton Cargo: passengers,misc cargo

Condition: Widly scattered through out Albany Bay.

Location: South of Presque Isle Harbor, keel in 5' of water behind shoal in middle of bay. Approach only with local knowledge!

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Date of Loss: 1853, Nov 26

 Lat/Lon: 45° /083°

Type of Loss: Grounded in storm

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Loss of Life:

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Co-ordinates are informational only, they maybe inaccurate and should
NOT BE USED FOR NAVIGATIONAL PURPOSES!
Making for the shelter of Presque Isle harbor, she was driven over a bar by a tremendous gale. Plans were made to haul her back across, but she was destroyed by another storm before they could be realized. 200 passengers & crew came ashore in her boats. Bound Soo to Detroit. Propeller NIAGARA also reported to have helped rescue her people. Her boiler and most of her machinery was recovered in Nov, 1854.

Sources: Bedford 2000; Hoagman 1999; NOAA 1999; Stonehouse 1992; Swayze 1999; McConnell; Kauffman; Barker