[2] On January 7, 2019, the wreck of Selah Chamberlain was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and was given the reference number 100003288.

At the age of 21, he moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where he obtained business training as an apprentice working in a grocery store.

[2][4] She was generally used to carry cargo such as iron ore, coal and grain between Duluth, Minnesota, and Buffalo, New York.

[4] On May 11, 1873 while Selah Chamberlain was on her maiden voyage bound from Cleveland, Ohio for Escanaba, Michigan, where she would load a cargo of iron ore, she ran aground on Bois Blanc Island while trying to negotiate the Straits of Mackinac.

[1][4] On November 15, 1883 Selah Chamberlain lost her main mast, and got her rigging entangled in her propeller on Lake Superior.

[1][4] In October, 1884 while towing the schooner barge John Martin, Selah Chamberlain encountered a gale and was driven against the Canadian Pacific Railway coal docks in Port Arthur, Ontario, causing approximately $1,500 worth of damage to them.

[1][4][7] The Duluth News Tribune published the following article about the event: Early Sunday morning the (steam) barge Chamberlain towing the schooner John Martin, arrived light to take out wheat.

To prevent serious damage to the vessel, the tow line was cast off, and she swung around the pier and down towards to the beach on the South side.

Both anchors were dropped, but the distance was so short and her momentum so great that they dragged and she went high on the beach, after breaking down some of the trestle work leading to the lighthouse at the end of the pier.

[7] On October 13, 1886, Selah Chamberlain and her schooner barge, Fayette Brown were bound from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Escanaba, Michigan, to load up a cargo of iron ore which they would then transport to Cleveland, Ohio.

[8] At approximately 8:30 p.m., and about 7 miles (11 km) off shore, Selah Chamberlain's crew heard another vessel's whistle directly ahead.

[9] The remains of Selah Chamberlain lie 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) northeast of Sheboygan Point in 90 feet (27 m) of water[10][11] within the boundaries of the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary.