The shipwrecked schooner barge Selden E. Marvin was one of three vessels that sank during a storm over 100 years ago. In April, the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society (GLSHS) announced the ship’s discovery—retrieving a piece of the historic puzzle.
They captured haunting footage of the schooner, thrillingly revealing her partially-preserved name board, broken helm, and now surely waterlogged cargo: lumber. Doors still hang on hinges, while haunting portals entice voyeurs to peer inside.
It had been a fateful and stormy night. It was November 18, 1914, and steamship C.F. Curtis, towing two schooner barges, faced howling winds, snow squalls, and daunting waves on Lake Superior. Behind her were barges Annie M. Peterson and Selden E. Marvin, both stowing lumber en route from Baraga, Michigan, to Tonawanda, New York….