Lost With All Hands on Lake Superior the Adella Shores

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  • Опубликовано: 7 авг 2022
  • When a vessel vanishes on Lake Superior it is felt that the vast expanse of the lake and the depth of her water will forever hold the secret to the disaster. Sometimes the news reports of the day mislead us in searching for a lost vessel. Yet occasionally the mute evidence left on the surface can tell us the truth. In the 1909 loss of the wooden steamer Adella Shores her secret was held by Lake Superior for more than a century. But in 2021she was found. This is her story.

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  • @johnsrabe
    @johnsrabe Год назад +18

    Just shaking my head at how cold and scary that must have been. And I grew up in the Soo in the 1970s. I know cold. Oof. Let’s all raise a glass to these guys tonight. They deserve it. Wes, thanks for remembering them.

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  Год назад +2

      Thank you!

    • @NickFortier
      @NickFortier Год назад +1

      Yeah, I was just reading g about the Asia last week jn the paper. It's always crazy to me

  • @ringding1000
    @ringding1000 Год назад +10

    It's good to hear your voice and listen to your story again! I know you said you would be busy traveling this summer, so I've been waiting patiently for a new story.
    As usual, it is well told, bring to life a past that very few are aware of.

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  Год назад

      That's my job- bringing back the forgotten folks.

  • @fbimaxtowfor8300
    @fbimaxtowfor8300 Год назад +5

    Best lake boat history channel… thing.

  • @glawefarms5020
    @glawefarms5020 Год назад +5

    Great video as always wes! As boatnerds know a tragedy is upon us. The vessel S.T. Crapo will be scrapped in port colborne. One of my favorite vessels, this is sad. Being the boatnerd I am, I got several photos while in green Bay.

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  Год назад +2

      This is the year of classic scrapings... almost as bad as the early 1980s

  • @BigLisaFan
    @BigLisaFan Год назад +2

    I always learn something new from these videos. Mercy be on the lost crew of Adella Shores.

  • @detachedinsight8651
    @detachedinsight8651 Год назад +2

    Thank you for the video. Very interesting, watching your vids helps to pass the time on these gloomy northern December evenings.

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  Год назад +2

      Gee... the newest one is about ice-breaking... guess I need to do some summertime video.

  • @mrrs8118
    @mrrs8118 Год назад +3

    Your narrations and illustrations are well done. The stories are haunting but interesting.

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  Год назад +1

      Thank you very much! I always wanted to be haunting, but interesting... guess I'm on the right track.

  • @brbertram
    @brbertram Год назад +2

    Always the great storyteller and factual historian!

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  Год назад +1

      I love my job. Thank you

  • @felixcat9318
    @felixcat9318 Год назад +8

    Ignorant, arrogant Captain's setting out into storms is a well recorded death knell for vessels throughout history.
    I thought the model was excellent and particularly the tiny oar and jacket.
    It makes you think about the poor man that clung to it as he slowly succumbed to hypothermia in that freezing cold water.
    Sadly, he would have known that he couldn't stay alive in those conditions...

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  Год назад +2

      Indeed

    • @yoyo762
      @yoyo762 Год назад +2

      Gotta chase the dollars. The sooner you get moving the sooner the money rolls in. And the captain was now a part owner so he was going to push the limits .

  • @ericeller9165
    @ericeller9165 Год назад +2

    Neat story.
    Lake history has become quite intriguing to me. 🙂

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  Год назад +1

      We'll have you hooked in no time at all.

  • @williamkaczmarek3996
    @williamkaczmarek3996 Год назад +1

    Another nice video Wes, Thanks for reporting this event.

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  Год назад

      It's a wreck with many links in its chain of events

  • @leehanna4929
    @leehanna4929 Год назад +1

    I really appreciate your videos, Wes! Thanks for sharing them.

  • @thomascampbell127
    @thomascampbell127 Год назад +2

    What a coincidence that two ships would have a shared history and both would eventually wreck. As much as I know about the Daniel J Morrell I never knew she crossed paths with Adella Shores.

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  Год назад +1

      And now ya' know... thus, my job is done.

  • @jamesthompson8008
    @jamesthompson8008 Год назад +4

    Great vid Wes! Well worth the wait. Am I correctly seeing the shadow of the other mast in those images of the wreck? Also kind of ironic the point of a clue to a single survival of the wreck before succumbing, only to be almost repeated by the Morrell herself.

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  Год назад +1

      Irony seems to be my business too often.

    • @billklomparens9680
      @billklomparens9680 Год назад +1

      Yes you probably are seeing a shadow. A good explanation of side scan sonar is to watch. Adventures with Purpose here on you tube, they use a lot of side scan when looking for vehicles under water

  • @Trysless
    @Trysless Год назад +2

    I cant wait to see more from the trip Wes !

    • @Trysless
      @Trysless Год назад

      I'm so grateful to have the Adella Shores prop in this video!!!

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  Год назад +1

      Me too.

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  Год назад +1

      Yep everyone reading here should know that you do indeed have the prop hull section from that final shot! It was my gift to you my friend.

  • @TheGratefulDeadhead
    @TheGratefulDeadhead Месяц назад

    Always love when two Lakers who sank have a small part in the other's story

  • @eileenirwin2778
    @eileenirwin2778 Год назад

    Another interesting video. Thanks for sharing.

  • @30fpsgod24
    @30fpsgod24 Год назад

    Think I’ve seen all your videos Wes I absolutely love them!

  • @RJByrnes101
    @RJByrnes101 Год назад

    Thanks Wes!

  • @michaelnault5905
    @michaelnault5905 Год назад

    Good video. Those old pics are quite a window. I guess that spring ice caused as much trouble as season's end.

  • @WLK1965
    @WLK1965 Год назад

    Such a cheery subject. Nice video.

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  Год назад

      Cheery and shipwreck rarely go together

    • @WLK1965
      @WLK1965 Год назад

      @@authorwes I hope you realize I was being sarcastic.

  • @justdestruction4675
    @justdestruction4675 Год назад +1

    YOO TWO OF MY FAVORITE RUclipsRS POSTED TO DAY

  • @ricksadler797
    @ricksadler797 Год назад

    God bless

  • @bigmonmagoomba9634
    @bigmonmagoomba9634 Год назад +2

    Wes, I’ve got a couple of questions. 1. How often do crewmembers get off the ships during the season? I’m under the impression that they never get off the boat all season because they never stop anywhere longer than necessary. 2. Do boats keep cats or dogs as pets/ mascots?

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  Год назад +2

      Union contracts now give crews "vacation" after a certain amount of weeks aboard ship. As early as the 1960s when you signed aboard, you were on for the whole season, however, some crew transferred from one boat to another and college students could sign aboard as a summer job.

    • @bigmonmagoomba9634
      @bigmonmagoomba9634 Год назад +1

      @@authorwes I did find an article in a Duluth paper talking about some crew going "up the street" for a few hours when they weren't on duty and the boat was getting loaded.

    • @johnneff8013
      @johnneff8013 4 месяца назад

      It took a long time to load the boats. If they were in port loading and unloading, they might sleep ashore, leaving one crew member to keep watch. @@bigmonmagoomba9634

  • @jackrabbit5047
    @jackrabbit5047 Год назад

    Those old ships were beautiful!

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  Год назад

      Oh yeah... she had some lines indeed.

  • @SuzukiYNathie
    @SuzukiYNathie Месяц назад +1

    They found her!

  • @NickFortier
    @NickFortier Год назад +1

    I'd really like to see an ancient capsized canoe. They should be there, but maybe they never sank

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  Год назад +1

      Most are found buried inland

  • @ss-2203
    @ss-2203 Год назад +1

    Will there be video of the Shores released soon? She looks really intact!

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  Год назад +1

      That's up to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society

  • @jakeybran
    @jakeybran Год назад +1

    I am not sure I've seen it covered before, but what was the last wooden freighter to service the great lakes?

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  Год назад +1

      Wow... great question.... I'll need to dig into that one.

  • @justdestruction4675
    @justdestruction4675 Год назад

    When will be the next vid on building the lake boat ?

  • @mduboutdoors3555
    @mduboutdoors3555 Год назад

    can you do some research into the wreck of the garden city i cant find things of it anywhere

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  Год назад

      I did her story, in detail, in March of 2020... ruclips.net/video/DuIOlYw1kTI/видео.html

  • @hansonfamilygarage8760
    @hansonfamilygarage8760 Год назад +1

    Do they know what wreckage they glenella pulled up in their anchor?

  • @rottenroads1982
    @rottenroads1982 2 месяца назад

    10:21, Little did People know, that one day, Specifically November 29, 1966, the SS Daniel J. Morrell would break in half and sink in Lake Huron, taking all but one of her crew. And Yes, I know you know the story.

  • @Adamu98
    @Adamu98 Год назад

    I fine it sort of funny about how the Bradley, Morrell, and Fitzgerald are connected in some way.

  • @connorkilgour3374
    @connorkilgour3374 Год назад

    The old Paterson ship James P. Donaldson was just discovered this last week on lake superior

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  Год назад

      I heard a rumor about that

    • @connorkilgour3374
      @connorkilgour3374 Год назад

      @@authorwes they need to do a final dive/send a camera down to confirm but from the radar imaging the outline is the same as the last pictures of her before she was scuttled.
      TBayNewsWatch did a story on her

  • @TheMudbrooker
    @TheMudbrooker Год назад +3

    Oddly enough, there are no rocks in Gibraltar, Michigan. 😁

  • @sultanpoppa3735
    @sultanpoppa3735 Год назад

    Reflux posters we know you’re out there!

  • @danzmitrovich6250
    @danzmitrovich6250 11 месяцев назад

    Better call in James Cameron and the guys from deepsea detectives as well for the ship wrecks fishing for them and i know they can always find the rail car ferries boats then any other ones

  • @StephenMortimer
    @StephenMortimer Год назад

    in the puget sound we have floating feet (in tennis shoes0

    • @mrrs8118
      @mrrs8118 Год назад

      I’ve heard about that 😔

  • @mustangmike4078
    @mustangmike4078 Год назад

    Of course you know about the Morrell. You'd have to be a idiot to think someone who authors books on the great lakes doesn't know about Morrell but you just happen to know the tale.

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  Год назад

      You'd be surprised how many post before they think.