Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Beaver (Sloop, 1784)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Beaver
Year of Build:
1784
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Detroit, Michigan
Vessel Type:
Sloop
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Ownership Notes:
Northwest Fur Company, (1784-1785);
Power
Number of Masts:
1 (1784)
Hull Dimensions
1784
Length: 34' Width/Beam: 13' Depth: 4'
Tonnage
1784
Gross: 45
History
Classification:
a. Sloop, Beaver (1784-1786)
Nationality:
British (1784-1786)
Chronology:

1. 00/00/1786, Cleveland, ashore and hull went to pieces;*

Notes
General notes:
*This accident took place in the fall of 1786;
The irons used on the rudder of the Schooner, Zephyr, came from the Sloop, Beaver, wrecked in area of East
12th Street, Cleveland, Ohio.
5/00/1785, she is noted being at Sault St. Marie, but could not get over falls; She was to run Sault St. Marie to Detroit.
Ontario Historical Collection, The Simcoe Papers, Vol. 2, p. 375: 8/14/1794, I now write by the Beaver, a private vessel, which is in a hurry to sail from Detroit; (Which Beaver is this?);
Wisconsin Historical Collection, The Simcoe Papers, Vol. 2, p. 379: Detroit 8/15/1794, the Sloop, Beaver;
Wisconsin Historical Collection, N-41, p.48 list her at 40 tons;
1788, she is noted as one of five merchant vessel on Lake Erie;
Sources:
1. J. H. Beers, History of the Great Lakes, Vol. I, p. 119;
2. George A. Cuthbertson, Freshwater, p. 127, 128;
3. Whittlesey, Charles, Early History of Cleveland, Ohio, p. 459, 461-465;
4. Ontario Historical Collection, The Simcoe Papers, Vol. 2, p. 375, 379;
5. Wisconsin Historical Collection, N-41, p.48;
6. Michigan Pioneer Collection, Vol. 11, p. 640;
7. John Poole's notes;
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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75 Maritime Dr.
Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218




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