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    VESSEL NAME:    R. Kanters
    OTHER NAME(s):  City of Woodstock (renamed new in 1882)
    OFFICIAL NO:    125223
    DATE OF LOSS:   1903
    CAUSE OF LOSS:  Grounded 
    LOCATION:       Lake Michigan, 7 mi. S. of Manistique, MI
    RIG TYPE:       Schooner, 2 mast
    HULL TYPE:      Wood
    BUILDER:        Larson & Christianson, Manitowoc, WI., - 1873
    OWNER(S):       W. W. Lill, Chicago, Ill
    MASTER:         ?
    TONNAGE:        161 gt
    DIMENSIONS:     112 x 25 x 8.4
    CASUALTIES:     ?
    
    
                   Blown ashore in a gale and, due to her advanced age,
                was left to break up in place. On April 19, 2020 a 
                strong storm swept the area and exposed her wreckage
                which was spotted by a beachcomber the next day. The
                wreckage was positively identified as being the R.
                KANTERS by MSRA who, due to Covid-19 stay at home
                orders, worked remotely via FaceTime to coach the
                beachcomber through all the investigation processes.
                   
                   In October, 1901, Capt. Peter Blake had had enough of
                strikers and took the R. KANTERS from Chicago to Pine
                Lake, MI., with only a 16 year old boy, who new nothing
                of sailing, for help. It was reported the schooner carried
                "immense canvas" and that the voyage was "unusually rough",
                bringing back the largest cargo for a two-master that had
                been reported in years.
                
                  On May 29, 1896, the R. KANTERS went on the rocks on 
                the south side of Gravel Island, Lake Michigan, in 1896. 
                Stripped and abandoned. Pulled off by the tug WRIGHT from 
                Leathem & Smith Towing and Wrecking Co. The owners, 
                R. Kanters and Capt. Peter Blake quit the claim of their 
                interest. Her bottom had been badly chewed up and it was 
                planned to make her into an unrigged barge but it seems 
                those plans were set aside.
                
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Sources: WZZM TV 13, Grand Rapids, MI - 24 Arpil 2020
         Blue Book of American Shipping - 1903
         Merchant Vessel List - 1885, 1891, 1899
         New York Times - 17 October 1901
         Culver City (IN) Herald, 25 October 1901
         Sturgeon Bay Advocate - ** June 1896
         Detroit Tribune - 7 June 1896
         Annual Report of the U.S.L.S.S. - 1896