Great Lakes Art Database

Columbian (schooner)

Description
Creator
Huntington, W. H., Artist
Item Type
Paintings
Description
This oil painting illustrates the two-masted schooner Columbian under a full press of canvas. The vessel was launched at the yard of W.H. Wolf at Fort Howard (Green Bay) in 1864. She was intended for ocean use, and made two trips to saltwater, first from Chatham or Wallaceburg, Ontario, to Nantes, France in 1865, then later from Alpena to England a decade later. Both cargoes were lumber. COLUMBIAN spent the rest of her time on the Great Lakes carrying lumber and coal, until being wrecked in 1913. Donor is unknown.
Date of Original
ca. 1870
Date Of Event
ca. 1870
Subject(s)
Columbian (Schooner)
Local identifier
1951.014.004
Collection
Dossin Great Lakes Museum
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
  • Lake Michigan
    Michigan, United States
    Latitude: 44.5425001902759 Longitude: -88.0011546777344
Copyright Statement
Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
Contact
Detroit Historical Society
Email:jeremyd@detroithistorical.org
Website:
http://detroithistorical.org

Street/mail address:

Jeremy Dimick

Director of Collections & Curatorial

Detroit Historical Society

5401 Woodward Avenue

Detroit, MI USA 48202

P. 313.297.8391

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Columbian (schooner)


This oil painting illustrates the two-masted schooner Columbian under a full press of canvas. The vessel was launched at the yard of W.H. Wolf at Fort Howard (Green Bay) in 1864. She was intended for ocean use, and made two trips to saltwater, first from Chatham or Wallaceburg, Ontario, to Nantes, France in 1865, then later from Alpena to England a decade later. Both cargoes were lumber. COLUMBIAN spent the rest of her time on the Great Lakes carrying lumber and coal, until being wrecked in 1913. Donor is unknown.