- Rig
- Steam screw passenger vessel
- Dates
- circa 1917 – circa 1920
- Length
- 78.7 ft
- Beam
- 19.9 ft
- Gross tonnage
- 66
- Official no.
- 77049
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimeshippingtransportationheritage
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The May–June 1975 Beaver Tales continuation identifies the Bruce as a steamer placed on the Beaver Island run after the Columbia’s 1917 loss. It also preserves the reported earlier names A. J. Yattaw and Ogontz and a reported service span through 1920.
Evidence and limits
The dimensions, number, power, and renaming sequence come from a retrospective with “scanty information.” The record does not claim a registry or service log.
Sources
- Reports Bruce as a 1892 Chicago-built steamer carrying vessel number 77049, 66 gross tons and 44 net tons, 225 horsepower, 78.7-foot length, 19.9-foot beam, and an 8.5-foot reported draw. It says the vessel began as A. J. Yattaw from Grand Haven, was renamed Ogontz, and was renamed Bruce by Harry L. Oldham in Charlevoix. These are retrospective figures, not an audited registry record. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1975-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held combined issue confirms the vessel names, reported number, dimensions, and route chronology.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1975-05_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Bruce”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/vessels/bruce-1975/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May–June 1975, “Beaver Tales.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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