by import | February 5, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1870 Captain William H. Le Fleur of the Pere Marquette carferry fleet, known as “the Bear,” was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 1976 The carferry WOLFE ISLANDER III was inaugurated into service between Kingston and Wolfe Island Ontario. Later that night, two...
by import | February 4, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1870 The Port Huron Weekly Times reported that “a Montreal company has purchased all the standing timber on Walpole Island Indian Reservation [on the St. Clair River…] A large force of men are employed in hewing, cutting and delivering the same on the banks of the...
by import | February 3, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1899 The steamer GEORGE FARWELL (wooden propeller freighter, 182 foot, 977 gross tons, built in 1895, at Marine City, Michigan) burned while laid up near Montreal, Quebec. She had just been taken from the Great Lakes by her new owners, the Manhattan Transportation...
by import | February 2, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1913 The wooden passenger and freight carrier MANITOU sustained fire damage at Owen Sound and sank at the dock. The vessel was refloated, repaired and operated to the end of the 1939 season. 1939 CHIEF WAWATAM went to the shipyard to have a new forward shaft and...
by import | February 1, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1871 On 01 February 1871, the SKYLARK (wooden propeller steamer, 90 tons, built in 1857) was purchased by the Goodrich Transportation Company from Thomas L. Parker for $6,000. 1883 The steamer R. J. GORDON was sold to M. K. Muir of Detroit on 1 February 1883. 1886 On...
