SS Monarch
The Monarch underway | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Canada | |
| Name | Monarch |
| Operator | Northern Navigation Company, Ltd |
| Builder | John Dyble |
| Launched | June 27, 1890 |
| Fate | Wrecked 6 December 1906 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger-package freighter |
| Length | 259 feet |
| Beam | 35 feet |
| Depth | 15 feet |
| Installed power | 900HP |
| Propulsion | triple expansion steam engine |
| Speed | 14 knots |
| Notes | Official Number 96843 |
MONARCH | |
Bow section of the Monarch | |
| Location | Palisade area, north side of Blake Point, Isle Royale National Park, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 48°11′20″N 88°26′3″W / 48.18889°N 88.43417°W |
| Area | 45.9 acres (18.6 ha) |
| Built | 1890 |
| Architect | John Dyble |
| Architectural style | Passenger-package freighter |
| MPS | Shipwrecks of Isle Royale National Park TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 84001779 |
| Added to NRHP | June 14, 1984 |
SS Monarch was a passenger-package freighter built in 1890 that operated on the Great Lakes. She was sunk off the shore of Isle Royale in Lake Superior in 1906 and the remains of her wreck and cargo are still on the lake bottom. The wreck was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.