QUESTION FOR CORNELIUS

[Salvor6]

While exploring St. Joseph Bay last weekend we found an old ballast pile. Searching the web I found a map from the 1700's that shows a fort on the peninsula opposite the ballast pile: http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/maps/1700/photos/ct000660Epan.jpg. I checked all my records and could find no records of any vessels reported lost in the bay. Do you have any records of ships lost in St. Joseph Bay? The bay seems like a perfect refuge from storms.

 

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[Cablava]

St. Joseph Bay appears to have been reported first by Spaniards from Pensacola in 1699 who reported seeing the prow of a shipwreck. Named San Joseph de Vallardes in honor of Comte de Moctezuma, the bay was occupied by 1701 in order to prevent the French from interrupting the Spanish supply route to Pensacola.