Lake Name: Lake Huron
Shipwreck Name: James R. Bentley
Vessel Type: Three-Masted Schooner
Location: Cheboygan, MI
Vessel Build Info: 1867, Bailey Bros., Fairport, OH
Shipwreck Specs: 170 ft, 575 t.
Official Number:
Names Other: none shows in ’69 mvus as JAMES R. BENTLY

Sinking Detail
Bound Buffalo for Chicago, she struck a shoal in heavy weather and foundered. Her crew was rescued from rough seas by the bark ERASTUS CORNING(qv).
Wreck was located in 1984.
Loss Date: 11/12/1878
Loss Place: off 40-mile Point, eastern Straits of Mackinac
Loss Life: none
Loss Reason: Storm
Vessel Cargo: Grain

Shipwreck Description
The mizzenmast is upright but the other masts have toppled. The stunningly unique dragon figurehead is now on a display in the Wisconsin museum.

Dive Type: Entry level technical
Depth Deck(ft): 155 ft
Depth Bottom(ft): 165 ft
Depth Deck(m): 47 m
Depth Bottom(m): 50 m