MOVIE • 1912

The Wreck of the Vega

"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