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TELESCOPE Page 152 Approximate *' location * of Lengths of north and south piers 2778' and 2514' respectively. Channel 90 feet wide extending to Saugatuck. SAUGATUCK Ze | York City. SAUGATUCK HARBOR, MICHIGAN Condition September, 1935 From Survey September, 1935 U. S. Engineer Office Milwaukee, Wisconsin January 8, 1937 i! Soundings and project depths referred to datum elevation 578.5' above M.T.L. at New Ee her on April 8, 1904 from either the insurance or Ingraham with the intention of making repairs, but she never sailed again. On March 13, 1905, she was officially abandoned on the Custom House records at Grand Haven. She still rests in exactly the same spot today. Almost forgotten when this channel became isolated and commerce sailed in and out of the new cut to Lake Michigan beginning in 1907, the Condor slipped into history as she hopelessly defied the elements. Needy fishermen helped themselves to bits of rigging and fittings until she finally sank to the bottom in fourteen feet of water. It is not probable that divers have reached her for many years, thus, her condition is in some doubt. Yachtsmen from Jackson Park Yacht Club in Chicago in 1938 assisted a local diver, William Green of Saugatuck, who devised his own helmet and succeeded in saw- ing off the ship's wheel and anchor chain. The wheel and a brass lantern is now on exhibition at the Netherlands Museum in Holland, Michigan, while the anchor and chain were presented to Mr. & Mrs. George Quick of Saugatuck. Another diver of the period, Bob Tomayer, now owner of the Wavecrest Nursery, on the lakeshore south of Douglas, Michigan went down in 1939 and found her in excellent condition. Since then the old schooner has been comparatively at peace in her riverbed home, due largely to isolation that resulted from this segment of the river, locally known as the Old Harbor, became almost completely surrounded by private property. Only one spot, four hundred feet of shoreline, owned by the City of Saugatuck, affords a legal entry. Passage on the waters of the old channel, however, isn't restricted. Thirty three seasons under sail on Lake Michigan by her hardy owners and their crew saw the Condor enduring the weather as it came, from early April to early December. Cold and stormy seas called for stout hearts, courageous souls, (and even tougher bodies).