SS Kamloops - Wikipedia
WEBSS Kamloops was a Canadian lake freighter that was part of the fleet of Canada Steamship Lines from its launching in 1924 until it sank with all hands in Lake Superior off Isle Royale, Michigan, United States, on or about 7 December 1927.
SS Kamloops: Wreck Event - U.S. National Park Service
WEBThe storm increased as the second front arrived, sweeping Lake Superior with high winds on December 5. Upbound vessels, including Kamloops, had been delayed and anchored at Whitefish Bay. The downbound grain fleet had weathered the storm at Fort William.
SS Kamloops - Isle Royale National Park (U.S. National Park Service)
WEBIntroduction. For decades, the location of Kamloops remained one of the mysteries of Lake Superior. Almost half of a century after it had disappeared, on August 21, 1977, Minneapolis sport diver Ken Engelbrecht finally spotted the dark shadow of the wreck during an exploratory dive.
Here is a closer image of "old whitey" in the SS Kamloops
WEBMay 18, 2020 · His body stiff and his skin white as snow, the nameless member of the Kamloops crew had floated inside the ship for fifty years, alone until the divers began to occasionally filter in. Some had taken to calling him “Old Whitey”, but those who’d heard the stories of ghostly encounters knew the truth: this was Grandpa’s body.
SS Kamloops Shipwreck Lake Superior 2021 - YouTube
WEBThe S.S. Kamloops sank in December 1927 in Isle Royale Michigan. It was located in 1977 in 200-270 feet of water on it's starboard side. The ship was carryin...
Historic Isle Royale Shipwrecks - Michigan Technological University
WEBKAMLOOPS' power plant was shut down before she sank. With no power, she was at the mercy of the raging storm and the northeast gales tossed and blew her toward Isle Royale. She hit Isle Royale broadside, smashing her starboard bow.
A shipwreck, a young woman and a message in a bottle
WEBMay 26, 2019 · And then, in 1928, a trapper from Sault Ste. Marie, Louis Coutu, found the message in a bottle at the Agawa River – over 150 miles away from where the Kamloops was believed to have sunk.
The 1927 Wreck of the S.S. Kamloops: Isle Royale, Michigan - 99.1 …
WEBAug 2, 2023 · The steamship Kamloops sank in December 1927 off Isle Royale in Lake Superior. The ship was built in Durham, England in the early 1920s…but why the name 'Kamloops'? The ship was built smaller than usual (only 250 feet), to specifically fit through the locks of the Canadian-operated canals of the St. …
SS Kamloops: Operational History - U.S. National Park Service
WEBThe canaller weathered a severe storm on its last downbound run of the 1924 season on December 13 and 14 when winds of 50 to 60 miles per hour and a temperature of 6° below claimed at least one vessel believed wrecked near …
SS Kamloops Map - Heritage site - Keweenaw, Michigan, USA - Mapcarta
WEBSS Kamloops was a Canadian lake freighter that was part of the fleet of Canada Steamship Lines from its launching in 1924 until it sank with all hands in Lake Superior off Isle Royale, Michigan, United States, on or about 7 December 1927.