Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2018 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= NOTICE TO USERS - These files are protected by the The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998. Information contained herein is provided for research purposes and may be freely linked to. Copying for redistribution or presentation by any person, persons or organization is not allowed without the written permission of the author/submitter. Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== VESSEL NAME: Contest OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 4348 DATE OF LOSS: 25 October 1882 CAUSE OF LOSS: Ashore LOCATION: Lake Michigan, near Whitehall, MI RIG TYPE: Schooner HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: Buffalo, 1855 OWNER(S): Owned at Chicago MASTER: - TONNAGE: 208.55 gt DIMENSIONS: 124 ft CASUALTIES: None mentioned Driven ashore in a gale. Stripped the next day and abandoned. In December, 2018, remains of the wreck were uncovered by a gale and identified by MSRA as likely those of the CONTEST. The wrecked keel had made previous appearances in 1942 and 1974 and had been thought to be those of the L. C. WOODRUFF. ======================================================================== Sources: Merchant Vessel Lists - 1869, 1871, 1874, 1878 Detroit Free Press - 27 & 28 October 1882 WZZM TV 13, Grand Rapids, MI., 13 & 14 December 2018