Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2013, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Submitted by Linda Talbott for the US Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== VESSEL NAME: Minnie Doak OTHER NAME(s): sometimes seen as Minnie Duke OFFICIAL NO: 17994 REASON: Wrecked against ice banks DATE OF LOSS: 1870, in the fall LOCATION: Lake Michigan, 1 mile N. of Black Lake RIG TYPE: Schooner, 2-mast HULL TYPE: Wooden BUILDER: Alex Doak, Depere, WI., 1867 OWNER(S): Robert Miller & W. H. Ewing, Pentwater, MI MASTER: ? TONNAGE: 14.26 LENGTH: 44 ft BEAM: 12.4 ft DEPTH: 5.5 ft CASUALTIES: ? SURVIVORS: ? ======================================================================== Sources: List of Merchant Vessels of the U.S., vol. 5, (1868-1872) p. 207(shown as wrecked) East Shore News, Pentwater, MI., 27 January 1871 East Shore News, Pentwater, MI., 17 March 1871 List of Sailors from Ahnapee (Algoma), WI Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes, 1871; Capt. J. W. Hall p. 20 Correspondence with Dave Swayze, 6 November 2013