Amboy and George Spencer Shipwreck Sites | |
Location | Lake Superior shore about a mile southwest of Sugar Loaf Cove |
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Nearest city | Schroeder, Minnesota |
Coordinates | 47°28′41″N 90°59′59″W / 47.478089°N 90.999858°W |
Built | 1884, 1874 |
Architect | Thomas Quayle & Sons, Quayle & Murphy |
Architectural style | Freighter, Schooner-barge |
NRHP reference No. | 94000341[1] |
Added to NRHP | April 14, 1994 |
The Amboy and George Spencer Shipwreck Site is an archeological shipwreck site which consists of the wrecks of the wooden bulk freighter George Spencer and the wooden schooner-barge Amboy. Both vessels were wrecked during the Mataafa Storm of 1905. In 1994 the site was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[2]