Episode 47 - Sea Wing

Published: Jan. 23, 2022, 5 p.m.

In July 1890, a relaxing day trip turned tragic when the sternwheeler Sea Wing sank on Lake Pepin, taking with it scores of passengers - the majority of whom hailed from nearby Red Wing, Minnesota.


Sources:

Johnson, Frederick L. "Unlocking the Mysteries of the Sea Wing"

Kinkenberg, Dean. "The Sea Wing Disaster"

Pierce County, WI - The Sea Wing Disaster

Sea Wing Disaster, 1890

Shipwrecked on Lake Pepin: The Sea Wing Disaster

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