Talk:Fox Islands (Lake Michigan)

Child Pornography Ring Citation

The section of this article claiming that North Fox Island was used as a child pornography ring probably could use a better source than a true-crime blog post. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RZAFALCO (talk • contribs) 21:45, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

Shipwrecks

@JPxG: Would you like me to assemble a list of shipwrecks in the Fox Islands. GreatLakesShips (talk) 09:34, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

@GreatLakesShips: I figure you might be able to use them for something. I'm trying to write Fox Island (Detroit River), which means I have a huge list of references formatted for search results where a "Fox Island" was mentioned in old newspapers -- the ones I've added here aren't relevant to my article, but it seems like a waste to just throw them away if I've already scrounged around for the image and gotten everything ready to put into an article, lol. I can keep throwing them your way if you want. Alternately, I could just chuck the shipwreck articles I run across into a userpage somewhere, if that's more convenient. jp×g 09:39, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

@JPxG: I could add a list of shipwrecks to the Fox Islands article. GreatLakesShips (talk) 09:59, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

That'd be pretty cool. jp×g 10:00, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

Speak of the devil, I found one just now.

The light keeper on Fox Island is greatly commended for his assistance in helping the crew of the wrecked steam barge Fletcher ashore. The steam barge Fletcher is ashore on South Fox Island and in bad shape. The Fletcher was bound from Chicago to Buffalo with a cargo of 84,500 bushels of corn. She left the harbor on the 20th and stranded on the morning of the 21st. The cargo will prove a total loss, and very likely the vessel also. The Fletcher measures 985 tons. She was built at North Buffalo in 1873 by George H. Notter, rated Δ1¹/₂, and was worth $50,000. She is owned by James Ashe, of Buffalo.

The wrecking expedition fitted out at Port Huron to go to the propeller Fletcher, ashore on South Fox Island, has returned. Too much ice in the Straits. Efforts are being made to engage the tug Leviathan, of Milwaukee, to attempt the release of the propeller.

September 1883: Suit is commenced against the owners of the propeller M. M. Drake, which ran aground on Fox Island.

References

The M.M. Drake was recovered. I have added the information to its article. GreatLakesShips (talk) 10:32, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

@JPxG: I could also use this and this to find a complete list. GreatLakesShips (talk) 10:25, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

@JPxG: Do your sources say anything about the Hiram W. Sibley or the Vega? GreatLakesShips (talk) 13:17, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

I'll have more time to mess with this later, but for the Hiram I found this, this ("Hiram W. Sibleys yacht, the Restless, built in 1887, with a speed of twelve knots, was the last boat examined and passed upon"), this (if you zoom out to the whole page, you can find it in the third column, second from the bottom, "Seven steam yachts examined / Board on Auxiliary Cruisers has Advised their Purchase for Blockade Purposes on Cuban Coast"). It seems like that was also the name of a fairly prominent guy, so a lot of the results are just about him. If you have specific years when the ships were active (or regions), that'd make it a lot easier. jp×g 13:26, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

@JPxG: It was active between 1890 and 1898. GreatLakesShips (talk) 13:33, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll check it out in a bit. jp×g 13:59, 5 September 2021 (UTC)