[Introduction]

WRECK OF THE HENRY CLAY, 1851 - OTHER EVENTS OF THAT YEAR - A FRIGHTFUL COLLISION, 1852 - LOSS OF THE STEAMER CASPIAN - LOSS OF THE ONEIDA - OTHER LOSSES - OTHER EVENTS OF 1852 - GROUND BROKEN FOR THE SAULT SHIP CANAL, 1853 - LOSS OF THE OCEAN WAVE - INDEPENCE WRECKED BY EXPLOSION - TESTS OF SPEED - DISASTERS OF 1853 - OTHER EVENTS OF THAT YEAR - STEAMER E.K. COLLINS BURNED, 1854 - GRADUAL CHANGE IN LAKE CRAFT - CHICAGO HARBOR DREDGED - OTHER EVENTS OF 1854 - OTHER DISASTERS OF THE SEASON - SAULT CANAL COMPLETED, 1855 - IMPROVEMENT OF ST. CLAIR FLATS - WRECK OF THE OREGON - WRECKS AT CHICAGO - SHIPBUILDING ACTIVE - THE QUEEN CHARLOTTE BURNED AT TORONTO - HULL OF THE ERIE RAISED - OTHER EVENTS OF 1855 - OTHER VESSELS PASSED OUT OF EXISTENCE IN 1855 - VOYGAGE OF THE DEAN RICHMOND, 1856 - LAKE SUPERIOR LINE - BURNED UNDER FULL STEAM - LOST WITH NEARLY FIFTY SOULS - MANY LIVES LOST ON LAKE SUPERIOR - OTHER DISASTERS IN 1856 - OTHER EVENTS OF THAT YEAR - THE FINANCIAL PANIC OF 1857 - DEPARTURES FOR EUROPE - MANY STEAMERS DISMANTLED - HOLOCAUST ABOARD THE STEAMER MONTREAL - MANY OTHER STEAMERS BURNED - RAILWAY DISASTER AT THE DESJARDIN CANAL, CANADA - OTHER EVENTS OF 1857 - FEW VESSELS BUILT, 1858 - VESSELS LEFT FOR OCEAN VOYAGES - STATISTICS - OTHER EVENTS OF 1858 - TRADE STILL BACKWARD, 1859 - LARGE ICE TRADE - PASSAGES OF VESSELS AT DETROIT - OPENING OF NAVIGATION - OTHER EVENTS OF 1859 - WRECK OF THE LADY ELGIN, 1860 - TOTAL LOSS OF THE DECOTAH - THE SAULT CANAL - OTHER EVENTS OF 1860.

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Some of the transcription work was also done by Brendon Baillod, who maintains an excellent guide to Great Lakes Shipwreck Research.