Grounding of the steam barge Falcon at South Fox Island, 1909

Summary

A 1949 looking-back column reports that the wrecking tug Ottawa went to the steam barge Falcon, grounded on South Fox Island on 13 November 1909; the date and details remain retrospective until checked against the 1909 issue.

Evidence and limits

The held source was published or indexed on 1949-11-18. It is the basis for this record; notices, retrospective columns, and schedules are not treated as proof of later outcomes.

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Open questions

• Can an original agency, vessel, land, lighthouse, or personnel record confirm the details and identify unnamed people or equipment?
• Does another contemporaneous source establish an exact location, duration, or outcome beyond this report?

See also

• Beaver Island archipelago
• South Fox Island
• Shipping and navigation