Beached shipwreck archeology: Case studies from Channel Islands National Park
Russell MA. 2005. Beached shipwreck archeology: Case studies from Channel Islands National Park. Number 18. Submerged Resources Center, National Park Service. Santa Fe, New Mexico
This study reports on investigations of the material remains of three shipwreck scatters on beaches in Channel Island National Park. Three Pacific Coast lumber schooners, J.M. Colman, Dora Bluhm, and Comet, built by the Hall Brothers Shipyard of Puget Sound within a 5-year period between 1883 and 1888, all wrecked in the Channel Islands within a 6-year period between 1905 and 1911. Between 1993 and 1999, the National Park Service’s Submerged Resources Center worked with Channel Islands National Park to investigate the three historical shipwreck sites on San Miguel and Santa Rosa Islands. This publication presents results of those investigations and demonstrates the feasibility and historical and scientific value of rigorous study of scattered, beached shipwreck sites, which have often been dismissed as uninformative.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Russell, Matthew
- Date of Issue
- 2005
- Publisher
- Submerged Resources Center, National Park Service
- Units
- CHIS , HIST
- Keywords
- Archeology, Channel Islands, comet, Cultural Resources, ehistory, Hall Brothers Shipyard, Pacific, Resource Management, Schooners, shipwreck, submerged resources, Vessels