Helen C

Date Built: 1846
Construction: Wood Steamer, bulk freight
Owners: Builders: Simpson & Chisholm, Chatham, Ont. C# 71212
Dimensions: 193x35, 700 gross ton Cargo: Coal

Condition:

Location: Alpena's outer harbor

Depth:

Date of Loss: 1922, Oct 13

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Type of Loss: Foundered

Loran: /

Loss of Life: None

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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