Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Recovery (Schooner, 1809)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Recovery
Year of Build:
1809
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Lake Superior
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head (1809- )
Ownership Notes:
Northwest Fur Comapny, (1809-1812);
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1809)
Tonnage
1809
Gross: 150
History
Classification:
a. Schooner, Recovery (1809- )
Nationality:
American (1809)
Chronology:

1. 00/00/18__, near Fort Erie, ashore and totally wrecked;

Notes
General notes:
Cuthbertson says she was a brig built in 1800, while Beers says she was built in 1809;
During the war of 1812, she was hidden at Isle Royale, Michigan, by taking out the masts and covering the vessel with brush. After the war she was put back into commission and run down the St. Mary's rapids into Lake Huron. She was finally wrecked on Lake Erie. She was noted as being on Lake Superior in 1828.
Sources:
1. J. H. Beers, History of the Great Lakes, Vol. I, p. 135, 196;
2. George A. Cuthbertson, Freshwater, p. 137;
3. John Poole's notes;
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

Agency street/mail address:
75 Maritime Dr.
Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218




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