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      West Superior May 17 C.E. Dickson who was head waiter on the steamer Bon Voyage which burned at Houghton a few days ago, has arrived in the city and tells an interesting tale of the burning of the boat. He tells a particulary interesting story of the loss of the …

 The Age (Philadelphia, PA), 8 Sep 1863, p. 2, column 6     Terrible Disaster on Lake Superior -- The Steamer Sunbeam Lost with all on Board. SARNIA, C.W.. September 7.--The steamer City of Cleveland reports the loss of the steamer Sunbeam in Lake Superior. last week, during a gale with all the passengers and crew except one ...

      The Bon Voyage Disaster. W.S. Fain, a traveling man who was a passenger on the steamer Bon Voyage and made discovery of the fire which destroyed the craft, blames the crew and says they became panic stricken as soon as the alarm of fire was given. He declares boats could …

      Loss of Montgomery Underwriters are Investigating Her Condition Capt. John Perew representing Montgomery and Sill Underwriters of Buffalo was in the city yesterday. He was here to investigate the loss of the schooner Montgomery, abandoned near Whitefish last Saturday. The ...

      MONTGOMERY WENT TO PIECES ON WEDNESDAY Cargo of Lumber is Scattered for Miles Along the Shore of Lake Superior Alf. Richards returned Saturday from a trip to the life saving stations and he reports that the schooner Montgomery, which was abandoned near station 10, two weeks ...

      Marine The wreck of the barge Montgomery, which occurred last week off station 10 above Whitefish Point, ends the career of one of the most notable vessels on the lakes. The Montgomery was one of the earliest of lake craft. She was built in 1856 by John Bushnell at Newport …

 Sault News Record (Sault Sainte Marie, MI), 5 Dec 1902     THE ABANDONED SCHOONER ALOAH First Mate Woolner of Ossifrage, Put in Charge -- Was a Lucky Find First Mate Woolner, of the Ossifrage was put in charge of the abandoned schooner Aloha, of the wrecked Herbard's fleet which the former boat picked up off Montreal Island on ...

      Str. Bon Voyage Burned Last Night Houghton, Mich. May 10 The Steamer Bon Voyage of the White Line, Duluth, was burned to the water's edge on the beach near the Lake Superior Ship canal tonight. The fire broke out around the steamer's smoke stack and spread swiftly. It was ...

      ELEVATOR GLUT SLOWS SHIPPING The freighter Mancox is tied up at the C.P.R. dock here waiting improvement of the seasonal slowing up of grain movements, both form the Lakehead ports, of Port Arthur and Fort William, and the shipping of grain from Montreal ...

      Mindemoya Now Is Yankcanuck Only a comparatively few persons here have heard of the Yankcanuck Transportation Company or the ship of the same name. But the vessel has a close association to a group of person in Marinette. The Yankcanuck a pulpwood carrier is owned and ...

      Naugatuck Conducting Ice Survey The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Naugatuck left the Michigan Sault base today for an exploratory ice survey downriver. The 110 foot craft was due to go as far down as Lake Nicolet, and possibly beyond to Neebish Island It' s finding ...

      Sault Vessel Return to Open Harbor Season The 3,280 ton motor vessel Yankcanuck commanded by Captain W. E. Dexter, docked at the Sault harbor Monday afternoon to officially open the 1964 St. Mary's River navigation season. Captain Dexter received the traditional silk hat ...

      Grounded Freighter Lightered. The Yankcanuck freighter Mancox which ran aground in the St. Marys River yesterday, afternoon left the government dock at the foot of Pim Street at 1 p.m. today. The ship freed itself at 9:30 a.m. after having 125 tons of her steel cargo ...

      Yankcanuck Ships lead the Way Mancox in Locks; Expect Manzzutti To Open Shipping The steamer Mancox sailed through the Sault locks at 7:05 a.m. Today, making the first lockage of the 1958 season. Owned by Yankcanuck Steamship Limited, the Mancox, which has ...

      Manzzuttti May Be First Expect Official Opening of Sault Lock on April 12. April 12 has been selected as the tentative date for opening the Sault Locks to commercial traffic. Although the icebreaker Alexander Henry and freighter Manzzutti locked through the Canadian ...

      Long ships leave St. Mary's River until Spring. The longest shipping season in this area since the end of the Second World War came to an end Sunday. As the motor Vessel Yankcanuck, flagship of Yankcanuck Steamships Limited of the Sault locked through the MacArthur lock ...

      Manzzutti First Ship Through Canal Here Moving To Steel Plant. First Vessel through the locks, for the 1954 navigation season, the Manzzutti, of the Yankcanuck Steamship Ltd., entered the Canadian canal about 8;15 a.m. today. It docked at the Algoma Steel Corporation ...

      Freighter Manzzutti Moves Through Locks. The navigation season at the Canadian Sault Canal was unofficially opened this morning at 7:15 when the Manzzutti locked up bound for the Algoma Steel dock. Because the Manzzutti is home based, its Captain John B. Perry will not ...

      Canadian Steamer Brings Lumber Cargo to City Firm The first shipload of foreign lumber ever to be discharged at a Sturgeon Bay dock was put ashore over the weekend at the Sawyer Fuel & Supply Co. The lumber arrived Saturday aboard the steamer Yankcanuck, owned by the ...

      It is debatable whether this medium-sized tug (110 ft., 123 t.) was named W. R. MUIR or W. K. MUIR. There was another tug named W. K. MUIR, operating out of Milwaukee at this time. Extracts of official records show the spelling W. R. MUIR though she always shows in …