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FLORA
STEAM POWERED WOODEN TUG

GPS Location: N45° 7.640' W85° 36.706'

Depth: 8'

Wreck Length: 44.8'    

Beam: 12'

Gross Tonnage: 18.3    

Cargo: None

Launched: Oct. 25, 1889 at Roger & Bird's yard, Saugatuck, MI

Wrecked: Spring 1947 in a storm

Description: The remains of this small wooden tug lay 100 yards off the public beach in Northport, MI. There are two intact boilers at the site. One is still within the wreck and the other is off to one side. This site is easily accessed by shore and usually has a few smallmouth bass and rockbass milling about.

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