Lucinda Van Valkenburg

A diver swims above the frame of a shipwreck — Photomosaic of the wooden schooner *Lucinda Van Valkenburg*.

Vessel Type: Sail: two-masted schooner

GPS Location: N45° 03.380’ W83° 10.180’

Depth: 60 feet

Wreck Length: 128 feet

Beam: 26 feet

Gross Tonnage: 301

Cargo: Coal

Launched: 1862 by Albert Little at Tonawanda, New York

Wrecked: May 31, 1887

Mooring Buoy Data

Description: Lucinda Van Valkenburg was built in 1862 and lost on Lake Huron 25 years later. Bound for Chicago, Illinois, with a load of coal, Lucinda Van Valkenburg was struck by the iron propeller steamer Lehigh about two miles northeast of Thunder Bay Island. The crew was picked up by Lehigh and taken to Port Huron, Michigan. The sunken schooner Lucinda Van Valkenburg presented a dangerous obstruction to other ships for some time after sinking, as the masts remained standing high out of the water.

Great Lakes Maritime Collection digital archive: http://greatlakeships.org/2898339/data?n=1

An overhead view of a shipwreck — A scuba diver swims over the intact centerboard trunk of the lumber schooner *Lucinda Van Valkenburg*.

Two divers swim over loose wood planks of a shipwreck — A scuba diver swims over the intact centerboard trunk of the lumber schooner *Lucinda Van Valkenburg*.

A diver swims near the bow of a shipwreck, most of the wood is missing from the near side — A scuba diver approaches the exposed bow of *Lucinda Van Valkenburg*.