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Historical Perspectives

A monthly pictorial history of a
selected lake boat from the past.


2012          
February 2012        

Soo Harbor 1904
Panoramic
(Last updated: January 30, 2012)

       
           
2011          
November 2011 October 2011        

Pere Marquette 20 1903 - 1938
City of Munising 1938 - 1973
(Last updated: January 23, 2012)

William P. Cowan 1918 - 1961
Amoco Illinois 1962 - 1981
(Last updated: November 5, 2011)

       
           
September 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011

Leecliffe Hall (1) 1947 - 1961
Cove Transport 1961 - 1977
Wit Transport 1977 - 1978
(Last updated: September 22, 2011)

Leecliffe Hall (2) 1961 - 1964
(Last updated: October 1, 2011)

Fred G. Hartwell 1922 - 1951
Matthew Andrews (2) 1951 - 1962
George M. Carl (2) 1962 - 1984
(Last updated: October 22, 2011)

W. E. Fitzgerald 1906 - 1971
(Last updated: September 26, 2011)

George W. Perkins 1905 - 1964
Westdale 1964 - 1977
H. C. Heimbecker 1977 - 1981
(Last updated: April 21, 2011)

H. P. Bope 1907 - 1916
E. A. S. Clarke 1916 - 1970
Kinsman Voyager 1970 - 1978
(Last updated: October 2, 2011)

           
2010          
December 2010 November 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010

Fort Henry 1955 - 1984
(Last updated: January 29, 2011)

Edwin F. Holmes 1904 - 1915
E. C. Collins 1915 - 1959
J. B. Ford 1959 - Present
(Last updated: January 22, 2011)

J. S. Keefe 1903 - 1916
Parame 1916 - 1922
Glenfarn 1922 - 1927
Canmore 1927 - 1942
Ashleaf 1942 - 1951
Manzzutti 1951 - 1971
(Last updated: March 29, 2011)

William C. Agnew 1911 - 1926
George F. Rand 1926 - 1954
Ben W. Calvin 1954 - 1974
(Last updated: November 14, 2010)

Lemoyne 1926-1969
(Last updated: April 6, 2011)

Emory L. Ford 1916-1965
Raymond H. Reiss 1965 - 1980
(Last updated: October 12, 2011)

           
February 2010 January 2010        

Sir Isaac Lothian Bell 1897-1936
Blanche H. 1936 - 1949
Black River 1949 - 1979
Tuxpancliffe 1979 - 1983
(Last updated: February 16, 2011)

Ann Arbor No. 7 1925 - 65
Viking 1965 - 1996
Viking I 1996 - Present
(Last updated: September 8, 2011)

       
           
2009          
December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009

Windsolite 1927 - 47
Imperial Windsor 1947 - 73
Cardinal 1973 - 74
(Last updated: January 22, 2012)

Daniel J. Morrell 1906 - 1966
(Last updated: November 14, 2010)

E. D. Carter 1906 - 1916
William T. Roberts 1916 - 1931
Dow Chemical 1932 - 1939
Norman J. Kopmeier 1939 - 1961
Pinedale 1961 - 1977
(Last updated: February 23, 2011)

Thomas Wilson 1943 - 87
(Last updated: November 28, 2011)

J. Pierpont Morgan 1906 - 65
Heron Bay (2) 1966 - 78
Heron B. 1979
(Last updated: April 25, 2011)

Alabama 1910 - 2006
(Last updated: January 4, 2012)

           
June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 January 2009

Boundbrook 1944 - 47
Imperial Edmonton 1947 - 58
Red Wing 1959 - 86
(Last updated: February 5, 2011)

Sylvania 1905 - 1914
D. M. Philbin 1914 - 1929
Sylvania 1929 - 1983
(Last updated: September 30, 2011)

Scott Misener (3) 1954 - 90
(Last updated: November 28, 2011)

Amasa Stone 1905 - 1965
(Last updated: November 14, 2010)

Sir James Dunn 1952 - 1989
(Last updated: March 9, 2011)

Chief Wawatam 1911 - 2010
(Last updated: November 28, 2011)

           
2008          
December 2008 November 2008 October 2008 September 2008 August 2008 July 2008

E. B. Barber 1953 - 1985
(Last updated: March 7, 2011)

Carl D. Bradley (2) 1927 - 1958
(Last updated: March 29, 2009)

Henry Ford II 1924 - 1988
Samuel Mather (7) 1989 - 1994
(Last updated: March 2, 2011)

Canadoc (2) 1961 - 1991
(Last updated: April 11, 2011)

Notre Dame Victory 1945 - 1951
Cliffs Victory 1951 - 1985
Savic 1985 - 1987
(Last updated: October 22, 2011)

William K. Field 1924 - 1934
Reiss Brothers 1934 - 1970
George D. Goble 1970 - 1980
Robert S. Pierson (1) 1980 - 1982
Spruceglen (1) 1982 - 1985
(Last updated: November 28, 2011)

Help build these pictorial history pages
If you have images to contribute, please e-mail them to historic@boatnerd.net, subject: "Historical Perspectives". If possible, please include a date (approximate is acceptable) and location.
Original scans only please. Copyrighted images from other websites or sources not accepted.
Please note: Contributions to previously featured lake boats are always welcome.

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