Superior (schooner)
schooner
The Superior was a schooner that operated on the Great Lakes in the early 19th century.
History
The wooden schooner was built in Ashtabula, Ohio, in 1816 from "the best materials". The following year it was enrolled at Presque Isle, Michigan.
On April 13, 1824, it was purchased by a joint group of parties in Detroit. The following year, on May 17, it was sold to Reynold Gillet of Buffalo, New York.
In 1825, an advert was placed with the Buffalo Emporium showing that the ship was to make voyage from Buffalo to Detroit on March 24, weather permitting. The advert invited interested travellers to apply to the captain "for freight or passage [with] good accommodations".
On May 9, 1825, the schooner ran aground near Cedar Point, Ohio on Lake Erie. Three years later, on January 29, 1828, it again ran aground on the lake near Buffalo.
Over the falls
In 1829, the Superior was purchased by businessmen for use in a stunt.
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