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    VESSEL NAME:   George F. Foster
    OTHER NAME(s):
    OFFICIAL NO:   10195
    DATE OF LOSS:  19 October, 1872
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Storm
    LOCATION:      Lake Michigan, off Big Point Sable
    RIG TYPE:      Schooner, 2-masts
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       James Randall, Saugatuck, 1852
    OWNER(S):      John Hanson, Chicago
    MASTER:        ?
    TONNAGE:       93.05 t
    DIMENSIONS:    ?
    CASUALTIES:    0

                   Left Grand Haven lumber laden for Chicago but was
                blown off course by a furious gale and wrecked at
                Big Point Sable.

                   Remains of what may possibly have been the GEORGE F.
                FOSTER were exposed by low lake levels one mile south of
                the lighthouse, her bow pointed north. An exploratory
                excavation conducted in April, 2004 discovered enough
                information to identify the wreckage, with a high degree
                of certainty, as being the GEORGE F. FOSTER.

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Sources: Saugatuck-Douglas Historical Society
         Merchant Vessel List - 1871