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The ''Sevona'' was a steamboat that sank in Lake Superior off the coast of Sand Island in Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States. The wreckage site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Wisconsin - Bayfield County - Vacant / Not In Use )〕 ==History== The ''Sevona'', originally named the ''Emily P. Weed'', launched in 1890.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Service History )〕 She was renamed the ''Sevona'' in 1897. On September 1, 1905 ''Sevona'' left Allouez, Wisconsin. She was bound for Erie, Pennsylvania and was carrying cargo made up of iron ore and a crew of twenty men and four women.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Final Voyage page 1 )〕 Later that night, an unexpected storm hit the area. By midnight, the wind had reached gale-level strengths. At around 6:00 AM on the morning of September 2, the ''Sevona'' ran aground on a shoal, breaking the ship in half.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Final Voyage page 2 )〕 No other vessel was in the area to aid the ''Sevona'', so the crew at the stern of the ship boarded the lifeboats. The crew at the bow, separated from the lifeboats, were forced to construct a raft out of hatch covers and doors. All crew members on the makeshift raft later lost their lives in the storm.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Final Voyage page 3 )〕 Three other vessels, including the ''Pretoria'', were lost in the storm. In 1909, the wreckage was blown up with dynamite by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, who were concerned about navigation hazards the wreckage could cause.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Final Voyage page 5 )〕 Several parts of the ship were recovered and brought to shore following the explosion, but what was left would become a popular site for scuba diving.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Today page 1 )〕 The site is managed jointly by the Wisconsin Historical Society, the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Today page 2 )〕 Sam Fifield, a former Lieutenant governor of Wisconsin, had a summer resort on Sand Island, and salvaged some of the wreckage of the ''Sevona''. With this material, he built a house on Sand Island, and named it the ''Sevona Memorial Cottage''. The house still stands today, and has undergone some preservation work over the years. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sevona (shipwreck)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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