Steamboat Anthony Wayne located! Believed to be the oldest steamboat sunk in Lake Erie. Found with side scan sonar in September, 2006. Recent dives confirm the identity of a side wheel passenger steamboat.

 

The Nineties are now complete! All forty 1990 - 1999 Inlands Seas journals.

              The Inland Seas Archival Collection, Nineties Edition is now available.

One of the Great Lakes most valuable sources of historical information from The Great Lakes Historical Society. Ships, schooners, barges and sailors of our past in fascinating stories of Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie and Lake Ontario including shipwreck and survival. Keep up to date on the latest developments in Ohio's underwater preserve efforts on the Features Page. An all new Side Scan Sonar page has also been added detailing survey information and underwater discoveries. Follow the activities of the US Revenue Cutter ERIE as she executes her duties on Lake Erie from 1833 - 1846
 

Home
Up

Revenue cutters were authorized by an act of August 4, 1790 (1 Stat. 175), to enforce laws governing the collection of customs and tonnage duties. They were supervised by collectors of customs, 1791-1871, except for the period 1843-49, when oversight was vested in the Revenue Marine Division of the Treasury Department. 

The Revenue Cutter ERIE was stationed on Lake Erie from 1833 until 1846. Below are extracts from her logbook. Various pages will be posted here, new ones about every month. This excerpt is from 1833

 

 


Last modified: April 30, 2012 

All material on this site is Copyright © 2005 Lake Electronics