Chippewa (Sloop, 1769)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Power

Tonnage

History

Classification:: a. Sloop, Chippewa (1769-1775)**
Nationality:: British (1769-1775)
Chronology:: 1. 11/00/1775, Lake Erie, (southern coast), wrecked and cast away (lost), cargo was destroyed;***

Notes

General notes:: *Pine River is north of Detroit, Michigan;
**Beers says she was built in 1771;
***Telescope, Vol. 31, Number 4, July - August: says she was wrecked at Presque Isle, Lake Erie;
She was noted as carrying four swivel guns and being on Lake Erie in 1769 and1775;
1774, she ran from Detroit to Mackinac;
Sources:: 1. Wisconsin Historical Collections, Vol. XI, p. 199;
2. Burton Historical Collection, Vol. I, p. 58, 84;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. J. H. Beers, History of the Great Lakes, Vol. I, p. 121;
5. Michigan Pioneer Collection, Vol. 9, p. 467;
6. Telescope, Vol. 31, Number 4, July - August, p. 95;

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