The Vanishing Vessel: SS Kamloops, a British Ship on the Great Lakes

In December 1927, a British-made steamer, the SS Kamloops, set sail for Canada. The vessel, constructed by Furness Shipbuilding Co, had a 2,402-gross-ton rating and was 250 feet in length. It was designed for the Canadian-operated canals, sporting two masts and a 1000HP triple expansion steam engine, fuelled by Scotch boilers. On the 1st of December 1927, the steamer docked at Courtright, Ontario to load bagged salt. Sailing Lake Huron, passing the Sault Ste. Marie Canal, and encountering Lake Superior, the ship encountered a storm on the 5th. Caught in the whirlpool of Lake Superior, the SS Kamloops, frozen in ice, disappeared towards the southeastern shores of Isle Royale at dusk on the 6th. The crew of twenty-two souls was lost, with no survivors and no remnants.

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