Michigan Creek

Michigan Creek (48˚43'00" 125˚04'00" Flows S into Pacific Ocean, E of Pachena Point, SW Vancouver I). The 514-tonne coastal steamer Michigan, under Capt Graves, was wrecked at the mouth of this creek in Jan 1893. The strongly built, 48-m vessel was constructed in 1888 at Skamokawa, Washington, and normally ran between Puget Sd and San Francisco. In 1890 it caught fire at sea but managed to reach Astoria, where the flames were extinguished by the local fire dept. In 1893 the Michigan was...

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