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    VESSEL NAME:    Arctic
    OTHER NAME(s):  -
    OFFICIAL NO:    none
    DATE OF LOSS:   29 May, 1860
    CAUSE OF LOSS:  Stranded 
    LOCATION:       Lake Superior, Huron Island
    RIG TYPE:       Sidewheel steamer
    HULL TYPE:      Wood
    BUILDER:        at Newport, MI., 1851
    OWNER(S):       Clement Steamboat Co.
    MASTER:         Capt. F. S. Miller
    TONNAGE:        861 t.
    DIMENSIONS:     236 x 30 x 12
    CASUALTIES:     None
                    
                    The ARCTIC, upward bound, struck the westernmost
                  of the Huron Islands, Lake Superior, in a dense fog
                  and began leaking. Efforts to stop the incoming water
                  were fruitless and she went to pieces. The passengers
                  and crew were able to step from her bow onto the is-
                  land and remained there until the evening of the 14th
                  when they were spotted and taken aboard the upbound
                  steamer FOUNTAIN CITY.

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Sources: Cleveland Plain Dealer, 7 June 1860
         Buffalo Daily Courier, 31 March, 1861 - Marine Disasters 1860
         Lansing State Journal, 13 June 1860
         Merchant Vessels of 1850 Tons & Upward, pub. 1855