CORNELIA B. WINDIATE

Date Built: 1873 or 1874
Construction: 3 masted Wooden Schooner/Bark
Owners: Builders: Thomas Windiate, Manitowoc, WI
Dimensions: 136x26x12, 322t. Cargo: Wheat

Condition: Excellent. Mast, yards & wire rigging & cabins intact. Beautiful aft cabins with circular staircase.

Location: N Middle Island Light

Depth: 182', masts @90', deck @170'

Date of Loss: December 10, 1875

Lat/Lon: 45° 19' 34.72" /083° 19' 28.44"

Type of Loss: Storm

Loran: 30824.6 / 48525.3

Loss of Life: 9

GPS: 30824.6 / 48525.3

Co-ordinates are informational only, they maybe inaccurate and should
NOT BE USED FOR NAVIGATIONAL PURPOSES!

Bound for Buffalo with grain from Milwaukee. Trapped in ice and hull opened. Orginally thought loss in Lake Michigan near Fox Islands. Discovered in 1987
Sources: Bedford 2000; Hoagman 1999; NOAA 1999; Stonehouse 1992; Swayze 1999; McConnell; Kauffman; Barker