MOVIE

The Wreck of the Vega

1912 · 18 min · Thriller

"Five years ago the world was shocked to hear of the sinking of one of the finest and fastest ore boats on the Great Lakes."

The film was a dramatic thriller based on a real-life maritime disaster. It depicted the tragic sinking of the Vega, a fast Great Lakes ore boat that was driven onto the rocks near the Fox Islands in Northern Lake Michigan during a massive storm five years prior