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From: Russ
Location: Las Vegas
email: COGIT8R@aol.com
Remote Name: 207.200.116.70
Date: 10.27.06
Time: 08:39:07 PM
The "Forest Queen" that was wrecked off Indian Point in 1886 was a schooner and not a steamer. Mansfield (1899) mentions five vessels with the name "Forest Queen". (1) Forest Queen, 462 tons, built Newport 1855, dismantled and made into a barge in 1866; (2) Forest Queen, schooner, sunk Genessee harbor, 1856; (3) Forest Queen, propeller, 467 tons, sunk Clay Banks, 1869; (4) Forest Queen, schooner, 167 tons, wrecked Indian Point, 1886; and (5) Forest Queen, barge, lost with all hands on Lake Erie, 1872. Check the following links to the Toronto Historical Society for more possible information: http://www.hhpl.on.ca/GreatLakes/search/results.asp?q=%22Forest+Queen%22&i=
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