Amboy and George Spencer Shipwreck Sites

Amboy and George Spencer Shipwreck Sites
Amboy and George Spencer Shipwreck Sites is located in Minnesota
Amboy and George Spencer Shipwreck Sites
Amboy and George Spencer Shipwreck Sites is located in the United States
Amboy and George Spencer Shipwreck Sites
LocationLake Superior shore about a mile southwest of Sugar Loaf Cove
Nearest citySchroeder, Minnesota
Coordinates47°28′41″N 90°59′59″W / 47.478089°N 90.999858°W / 47.478089; -90.999858
Built1884, 1874
ArchitectThomas Quayle & Sons, Quayle & Murphy
Architectural styleFreighter, Schooner-barge
NRHP reference No.94000341[1]
Added to NRHPApril 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]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "George Spencer". Lake Superior Shipwrecks. Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved 13 March 2018.