A.E. Vickery

A.E. Vickery was a wooden three-masted schooner built in 1861 and measured 136.2 ft. x 26.2 ft. x 10.8 ft.<ref name="http://www.1000islands.com/wrecks/"></ref> The ship was launched in July 1861 at Three Mile Bay, New York, United States as J. B. Penfield, and under that name sailed through the Welland Canal on her way from Detroit, Michigan, to Oswego, New York.<ref name="https://web.archive.org/web/20081201091447/http://www.boatnerd.com/swayze/trivia/26.htm "></ref> She was renamed "A. E. Vickery" on 25 February 1884 and sank on 17 August 1889 when she struck a shoal while entering the American Narrows with a cargo of 21,000 bushels of corn destined for Wisers Distillery at Prescott, Ontario, Canada.<ref name="http://rockislandlighthouse.org/vickery.html"></ref> The wreck now rests at a depth of about near Rock Island Light at position .<ref name="http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59152"></ref><ref name="https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=Latitude%3A%2044%C2%B016.820%27%20N%20%20and%20Longitude%3A%20076%C2%B001.183%27%20W&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl"></ref>