Perseverance (Schooner, 1803)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Lake Superior
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Ownership Notes:: North West Fur Company, (1803-1814); British Government (1814);

Power

Tonnage

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Perseverance (1803-1814)
Nationality:: American (1803-1814)
Chronology:: 1. 7/00/1814, head of the falls, St. Mary's, captured, burned, scuttled, and abandoned by the British, but American troops
prevented her from sinking;
2. 7/26/1814, St. Mary's, taken down the falls, bilged and went ashore, burned by the Americans below the
rapids; Destroyed by Major Holmes and American forces;

Notes

General notes:: *Above the rapids at the foot of Lake Superior;
Brought by North West Company on Lake Superior to Falls of St. Mary's and turned over to the British. Vessel was damaged trying to run the rapids and abandoned; Major Holmes with American forces destroyed the vessel;
Sources:: 1. George A. Cuthbertson, Freshwater, p. 137, 144;
2. John Poole's notes;
3. J. H. Beers, History of the Great Lakes, Vol. I, p. 135, 180;
4. Buffalo Gazette: 9/20/1814;
5. Michigan Pioneer Collection, Vol. 15, p. 693;
6. K. R. Macpherson, List of Vessels Employed on British Naval Service on the Great Lakes, 1755-1875, Ontario
Historical Society, September, 1963, Vol. LV, p. 174;

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