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About this site
The John M. Nichol Steamer stranded in 1906 on December 13. The Nichol was already taking on water as she left St. Ignace, MI bound for Gladstone. Several hours later she encountered a gale with 50 mph winds, and water poured into her hold until her captain, J.M. Saunders, could barely control her and ordered her beached on Summer Island. The crew suffered terribly from the cold, and several had frozen hands and feet before they were rescued by two fishermen in a small gas launch just before the after end tore away. The cargo was salvaged the next year, and gradually everything of value was stripped from the wreck.This wreck is in shallow water on the east side of Summer Island, almost in the middle of the Island. A small part of the hull is intact with a debris field. The depth is 15-30 ‘ and visibility is 20-25’. Lies in about 3 m; sank 1906.
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