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Telescope PUBLISHED BY Great Lakes Maritime Institute Dossin Great Lakes Museum Belle Isle, Detroit 7, Mich. George 0. Young Editor Otto Strek Assistant Editor William A. Hoey Advisory Editor William M. Worden Gordon P. Bugbee Associate Editors Rev. Edward J. Dowling, S.J. Vessel List Editor TELESCOPE The TELESCOPE magazine is the official publication of the Great Lakes Maritime Institute. It was first published in 1952 as a sheet of announcements and meeting notices. Today it is a full-size monthly magazine, valued by members and non-members alike as a source of Great Lakes data. The TELESCOPE includes articles of interest to almost everyone, including such subjects as history, salvage, current news, and model shipbuilding. There are three monthly features, current news section, vessel list of a Great Lakes fleet, and a blueprint of a Great Lakes ship.Subscription to TELESCOPE is included in the membership fee. The editors will consider articles of Great Lakes or general marine interest for publication in TELESCOPE. Such material need not be expertly written, but must be of a nature suited to the purposes of the publication. Address any such material to: The Editors, TEIESCOIE Great Lakes Maritime Institute Dossin Great Lakes Museum Belle Isle, Detroit 7, Mich. The editors will assume no responsibility for statements made by the authors. Supported in part by the Detroit Historical Society This Month's Issue CONTENTS The Shipwrecks of Lake Superior by Julius F. Wolff, Jr................155 Picture Page by Emory A. Massman, Jr.............165 The Big Splash by Rev. Edward J. Dowling,S.J...166 Fleet Lists by Rev. Edward J. Dowling,S.J...167 great Lakes Marine News by Robert Radunz.....................170 COVER SUNBEAM - Wooden Paddle steamer, passenger and freight. Build at Manitowoc, 1861 by John and Stephen Bates for Captain Albert E. Goodrich of Chicago. 398 tons (old measurement). Stranded near Copper Harbor, Michigan Lake Superior, March 3, 1863 and completely wrecked, 29 lives lost. SUNBEAM had no known U.S.Registry number, having been removed from service before 1867 when such numbers were first assigned. Low pressure beam engine, builder unknown. Was the fifth vessel in the Goodrich Line and the First built new for the line. (See page 158) Photo by Rev. Edward J. Dowling, S.J. Regular Membership $4 annually Contributing Membership..$5 annually Sustaining Membership...$10 annually Life Membership...........$100 Printed by R. H. Davis on Membership by the Calendar Year Single Copies 35<£