Ships and shipwrecks of the Au Sable Shores region of western Lake Huron /

Ships and shipwrecks of the Au Sable Shores region of western Lake Huron /

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Author / Creator:O'Shea, John M.
Imprint:Ann Arbor, Mich. : Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan, 2004.
Description:116 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Language:English
Series:Memoirs of the Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan ; no. 39
Memoirs of the Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan ; no. 39.
Subject:
Underwater archaeology -- Huron, Lake, Region (Mich. and Ont.)
Shipwrecks -- Huron, Lake, Region (Mich. and Ont.) -- History.
Ships -- Huron, Lake, Region (Mich. and Ont.) -- History.
Antiquities.
Huron, Lake, Region (Mich. and Ont.) -- Antiquities.
Huron, Lake, Region (Mich. and Ont.) -- History.
Au Sable River Region (Mich.) -- Antiquities.
Au Sable River Region (Mich.) -- History.
Iosco County (Mich.) -- Antiquities.
Iosco County (Mich.) -- History.
Lake Huron Region.
Michigan -- Au Sable River Region.
Michigan -- Iosco County.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8780394
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ISBN:0915703572 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780915703579 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-116).
Table of Contents:
  • Map of Lake Huron shoreline from Hammond Bay to Point Aux Barques
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Foreword and Acknowledgments
  • A Note on Units of Measurement
  • Part 1. The Region
  • Chapter 1. Introduction to the Au Sable Shores
  • Background to the Au Sable Shores Region
  • Nineteenth-Century Shipping along the Western Lake Huron Shore
  • Part 2. The Wrecks
  • Chapter 2. Introduction to the Wrecks
  • Traffic on the Au Sable Shores
  • Wrecks Present and Not Present on the Au Sable Shores
  • Fallability of Historical Records
  • Sources
  • How and Why Ships Were Lost
  • Chapter 3. Historic Wrecks
  • Athenian
  • Baltimore
  • Dudley
  • Eureka
  • Ferguson
  • Fort Meigs
  • Goshawk
  • Gray Eagle
  • George Hand
  • James C. Harrison
  • Hercules
  • Langell Boys
  • Linden
  • Jane Mason
  • May Queen
  • Andrew A. McLean
  • Mears
  • Midnight
  • Mary E. Pierce
  • Owen
  • R. Prindiville
  • Sea Bird
  • Sea Gull
  • John Shaw
  • Thomas P. Sheldon
  • George Steele
  • Stranger
  • Summit
  • Table Rock
  • Volunteer
  • Susan Wrad
  • Water Witch
  • Wawanosh
  • Wayne
  • White Squall
  • Chapter 4. Vessels Erroneously Attributed to the Au Sable Shores Region
  • Atlanta
  • Banner
  • M. D. Cardington
  • E. F. Gould
  • Criss Grover
  • A. Lincoln
  • Naiad
  • Ocean
  • William B. Ogden
  • Kitty Reeves
  • Sea Gull
  • Part 3. Archaeology
  • Chapter 5. The Evolving Shoreline
  • Methods
  • Historic Maps
  • 1838 Houghton Manuscript Map
  • General Land Office Mapping in Iosco County, Michigan, 1838-1843
  • United States Lake Survey of Lake Huron, 1856
  • Tawas Harbor, 1880-1891
  • Tawas Harbor, Michigan, 1905
  • Nautical Charts of Lake Huron in the Twentieth Century
  • Imaging the Western Lake Huron Shore Area
  • Change in the Western Lake Huron Shoreline
  • Tawas Bay
  • Tawas Point
  • Au Sable Point
  • Chapter 6. Archaeological Survey of the Au Sable Shores Region
  • Methods and Coverage
  • Limitations
  • Survey Results
  • Wooden Vessel Debris
  • Brick, Metal and Stone Debris
  • Coal
  • Other Shore Area Features
  • Large Fragments of Vessels and Their Association with Known Au Sable Shores Area Wrecks
  • Tawas Point Area
  • Au Sable Point Area
  • Au Sable-Oscoda Area
  • Chapter 7. Discussion and Conclusions
  • Continuing Research in the Au Sable Shores Region
  • Conclusions
  • References Cited

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