Great Lakes Vessels Index
Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
Bowling Green State University
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Registry & Rig Information Item: 002991
Vessel Name: KAMINISTIQUIA
Nationality U.S.
Official Number:
Rig: Propeller
Dimensions & Tonnage
Vessel Length: 0.00 Gross Tonnage: 0.00
Vessel Width: 0.00 Net Tonnage: 0.00
Vessel Height 0.00 Hull Material: Wood
Masts: Hull Number:
Builder Information
Place of Build: Oshkosh, WI
Builder:
Date of Build 1871
Name Changes
Vessel Name: Date: Registry Official #
KAMINISTIQUIA 1872 - 1873 CANADA 71223
OLIVER, JESSIE 1873 - 1875 CANADA 71223
NEFF, ALBERT 1875 - 1885 CANADA 71223
BUTCHER'S MAID 1885 - 1890 CANADA 71223
Rebuild History
Canadian measures, 1872 (80 x 17 x ; 129 tons). Reportedly converted to barge, 1887.
Disposition
Stranded on Porphyry Point, Edward Island, Lake Superior, on October 20, 1886. Newspaper account gives name as "A. Neff." Polk's Directory, 1888, lists barge under name of BUTCHER'S MAID; 1891 edition of same directory lists no such vessel.
Schooner BUTCHERS MAID, of 74 tons. Built at Oskosh 1872, rebuilt in 1884. Home port, Sault Ste. Marie. Owned by Smith & Mitchell.
R.L. Polk & Co
Marine Directory, 1888
