CORNELIA B. WINDIATE

Date Built: 1873 or 1874
Builders: Thomas Windiate, Manitowoc, WI
Construction: 3 masted Wooden Schooner/Bark Owners:
Dimensions: 136 x 26 x 12
322t.
Cargo: Wheat

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

Location: 4.5 mi off False Presque Isle. Located by Steele & Ehorn in 1987.

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

Date of Loss: December 10, 1875

GPS: N45 19.523 W83 19.616

Type of Loss: Storm

Loss of Life: 9
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.

Sources: Swayze, LaBadie