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    VESSEL NAME:   Satellite
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   22404
    DATE OF LOSS:  21 June 1879
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Uncertain
    LOCATION:      Lake Superior, off Whitefish Point
    RIG TYPE:      Tug, tow boat, propeller, steam screw
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       Quayle & Martin, Cleveland - 1864
    OWNER(S):      H, M, Strong estate, Detroit
    MASTER:        Joshua B. Markee, Port Huron, MI
    TONNAGE:       209.42
    DIMENSIONS:    ?
    CASUALTIES:    none
                   
                   Upbound for Duluth with 5 schooners in tow (Montgomery,
                 Montcalm, Monticello, Mont Blanc and Reindeer) when the
                 engines suddenly stopped and she began taking on water.
                 In a dispatch to the owner Capt. Markee stated that there
                 were no logs or anything else in Lake Superior the way
                 they came. He speculated that the outer end of the stern
                 pipe must have broken and let the wheel down on the shoe
                 as the engine couldn't be worked either way.
                 
                   In 1874 her approx. valuation was $18,000. In 1879
                 she was valued at $9,000 with a rating of B 1

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Sources: Port Huron Daily Times - 24 June 1879
         Detroit Post & Tribune - 24 & 26 June 1879
         Merchant Vessle Lists - 1871, 1874
         National Board of Lake Underwriters - 1874
         Lake Hull Register - Assoc. of Lake Underwriters - 1879