It was said that it was the smallest number of passengers the Algoma had ever carried. It was supposed that she only had seven cabin passengers and six steerage passengers, the remaining 49 people were all members of the crew, though the numbers are debated. It had been a slow season for the ship, there was now a rail route around lake superior, and smallpox was hitting the region hard. Now that the season was coming to a close there was even less demand. The Algoma could expect this to be one of her last trips of the season.

Ship Name: Algoma

Nationality: Canadian 

Tonnage: 1773

Ship Type: Steel Hulled Screw Steamer 

Year Built: 1883

Year Sank: 1885

Reason For Sinking: Struck rocks in a storm 

Location Sank: Isle Royale Lake Superior 

Lives Lost: 46

Sources: 

https://newspaperarchive.com/galveston-daily-news-aug-02-1886-p-2/

https://newspaperarchive.com/dunkirk-lake-shore-observer-nov-24-1885-p-1/

https://newspaperarchive.com/sandusky-daily-register-nov-11-1885-p-1/

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1885/11/11/103085054.html?pageNumber=1

https://books.google.com/books?id=Oek_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA743&dq=Algoma+ship+1885&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi9iYvjsOL_AhV5pIkEHQ3CCAoQ6AF6BAgCEAI#v=onepage&q=Algoma%20ship%201885&f=false

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Nautical_Magazine/-nq7SJxvokgC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Algoma+ship+1885&pg=PA372&printsec=frontcover

https://books.google.com/books?id=w__kJH8s2AoC&pg=RA1-PA87&dq=Algoma+ship+1885&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi9iYvjsOL_AhV5pIkEHQ3CCAoQ6AF6BAgFEAI#v=onepage&q=Algoma%20ship%201885&f=false

https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1635/upload/ISRO_139_D34_-26687.pdf

https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/64000334_text

https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/ss-algoma-wreck-event-and-survivor-accounts.htm