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    VESSEL NAME:   Acadia
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   (C)77697
    DATE OF LOSS:  5 November 1896
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Storm  
    LOCATION:      Lake Superior, near Michipicoten river
    RIG TYPE:      Propeller, 
    HULL TYPE:     Composite
    BUILDER:       at Hamilton, Ont. - 1867
    OWNER(S):      R. O & A. R. McKay
    MASTER:        Capt. John Clifford
    TONNAGE:       806 gt
    DIMENSIONS:    176.6 x 25 x 10.4
    CASUALTIES:    none
    
                   ACADIA left For William for Montreal with 20,000 bushels
                of wheat on November 4th. She was driven ashore by a storm
                near the Michipicoten River, Ont., and was broken up. Her
                crew took to the small boats and made shore safely.


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Sources: Oswego Daily Record, 13 & 14 November 1896
         Buffalo Evening News, 13 & 14November 1896
         Great Lakes Maritime Database, University of Michigan
         Swayze, David D. "Shipwreck!" - 1992