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  • Cicoa (1903)
    Cicoa (1903)
    Ship       Other Names: John G. Sharples; Glenvegan (1922); Wiarton; Fleetwood; Official No.: 150231; Previous Registration: U.S.A. (1920) as John G. Sharples Later Registration: U.S.A. (1933) as Fleetwood
    Ship     Other Names: John G. Sharples; Glenvegan (1922); Wiarton; Fleetwood; Official No.: 150231; Previous Registration: U.S.A. (1920) as John G. Sharples Later Registration: U.S.A. (1933) as Fleetwood
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • C.W. Cadwell (1911)
    C.W. Cadwell (1911)
    Ship       Official No.: 138579; Previous Registration: U.S.A. (1927) 155x37x9 Owned by Ontario Gravel & Freighting Co., Windsor 1927; T. A. Tees et al., Toronto 1935; Equipment House Ltd., Toronto 1977. Built by Superior Shipbuilding Co., Superior, Wisconsin 1911. Sand-sucker. Steam engines replaced 1972 with Fairbanks-Morse diesels from Toronto ferry "Sam McBride". …
    Ship     Official No.: 138579; Previous Registration: U.S.A. (1927) 155x37x9 Owned by Ontario Gravel & Freighting Co., Windsor 1927; T. A. Tees et al., Toronto 1935; Equipment House Ltd., Toronto 1977. Built …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Atikokan (1895)
    Atikokan (1895)
    Ship       Other Names: John B. Trevor; Official No.: 131053; Previous Registration: U.S.A. (1912) as John B. Trevor 362x39x18 Owned by F. S. Wiley, Port Arthur; to Canadian Northwest Steamship Co. 1913; to Montreal Transportation Co. 1917; to Canada Steamship Lines 1920; to Dominion Iron & Steel Co., Sydney N. S. 1926. …
    Ship     Other Names: John B. Trevor; Official No.: 131053; Previous Registration: U.S.A. (1912) as John B. Trevor 362x39x18 Owned by F. S. Wiley, Port Arthur; to Canadian Northwest Steamship Co. 1913; …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Bricoldoc (1902)
    Bricoldoc (1902)
    Ship       Other Names: James H. Hoyt; Official No.: 153111; Previous Registration: U.S.A. (1926) as James H. Hoyt 411x50x24. Owned by N. M. Paterson & Sons, Ltd., Fort William, Ont. 1926-1967. Built by Superior Shipbuilding Co., West Superior, Wis.
    Ship     Other Names: James H. Hoyt; Official No.: 153111; Previous Registration: U.S.A. (1926) as James H. Hoyt 411x50x24. Owned by N. M. Paterson & Sons, Ltd., Fort William, Ont. 1926-1967. Built …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Rainy Lake (1909)
    Rainy Lake (1909)
    Ship       Official No.: 130718; Previous Registration: U.S.A. (1914) 66x10x5 Owned by N. & J. Gagne, Fort Frances Ont.
    Ship     Official No.: 130718; Previous Registration: U.S.A. (1914) 66x10x5 Owned by N. & J. Gagne, Fort Frances Ont.
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • John Ericsson (1896)
    John Ericsson (1896)
    Ship       Official No.: 154863; Previous Registration: U.S.A. (1929) 399x48x22 Owned by Great Lakes Transit Corp., Midland, (James Playfair) 1930-1937; Upper Lakes & St. Lawrence Transportation Co. 1938-1963. Built by American Steel Barge Co., West Superior Wis. 1896. Engine 22½-36-60x42 by Cleveland Shipbuilding Co. Retired 12/63. Scrapped Hamilton 1968.
    Ship     Official No.: 154863; Previous Registration: U.S.A. (1929) 399x48x22 Owned by Great Lakes Transit Corp., Midland, (James Playfair) 1930-1937; Upper Lakes & St. Lawrence Transportation Co. 1938-1963. Built by American Steel …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • The McDougall Whaleback Steel Vessel
    The McDougall Whaleback Steel Vessel
    Text  Scientific American (New York), 4 Jul 1891, 1-2     THE McDOUGALL WHALEBACK STEEL VESSEL. The old ballad commencing "In the North Sea Lived a Whale" has its use now in a facetious adaptation of this line to the needs of a souvenir issued by the people of Superior, Wis., in commemoration of the launching of the first two ...
    Text  Scientific American (New York), 4 Jul 1891, 1-2   THE McDOUGALL WHALEBACK STEEL VESSEL. The old ballad commencing "In the North Sea Lived a Whale" has its use now in a facetious adaptation of this line to the needs …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Walebacks in winter quarters at West Superior
    Walebacks in winter quarters at West Superior
    Image       Illustration from J. B. Mansfield, ed., History of the Great Lakes. Volume I, Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1899.
    Image     Illustration from J. B. Mansfield, ed., History of the Great Lakes. Volume I, Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1899.
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Philip R. Clarke and Cason J. Callaway at Fraser Shipyards
    Philip R. Clarke and Cason J. Callaway at Fraser Shipyards
    Image       PHILIP R. CLARKE and CASON J. CALLAWAY at Fraser Shipyards, Superior, WI getting final touches to their self-unloader conversions.
    Image     PHILIP R. CLARKE and CASON J. CALLAWAY at Fraser Shipyards, Superior, WI getting final touches to their self-unloader conversions.
    Toronto Marine Historical Society
  • Local Men Safe
    Local Men Safe
    NewspaperText  Ludington Daily News, 2 Jul 1914     Local Men Safe The steamer Mataafa, which stranded at Twin Point Harbor Saturday when she struck the breakwater, had on board five Ludington men, whose friends and relatives were anxiously awaiting news of them, until yesterday, when Mrs. O.E. Barber received a letter from her son ...
    NewspaperText  Ludington Daily News, 2 Jul 1914   Local Men Safe The steamer Mataafa, which stranded at Twin Point Harbor Saturday when she struck the breakwater, had on board five Ludington men, whose friends and relatives were anxiously …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Stranger (Schooner), sunk by ice, 1 May 1871
    Stranger (Schooner), sunk by ice, 1 May 1871
    TextNewspaper       Reason: sunk by ice Lives: nil Remarks: Total loss
    TextNewspaper     Reason: sunk by ice Lives: nil Remarks: Total loss
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Peter Reiss (Propeller), U207471, struck dock, 1 Oct 1915
    Peter Reiss (Propeller), U207471, struck dock, 1 Oct 1915
    TextNewspaper       Reason: struck dock Remarks: Repaired
    TextNewspaper     Reason: struck dock Remarks: Repaired
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Clarence (Motor Vessel), U229562, fire, 30 Jun 1938
    Clarence (Motor Vessel), U229562, fire, 30 Jun 1938
    TextNewspaper       Reason: fire Lives: nil Remarks: Total loss
    TextNewspaper     Reason: fire Lives: nil Remarks: Total loss
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Adella Shores (Propeller), sunk, 1 Dec 1901
    Adella Shores (Propeller), sunk, 1 Dec 1901
    TextNewspaper       Reason: sunk Lives: nil Remarks: Raised
    TextNewspaper     Reason: sunk Lives: nil Remarks: Raised
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Maggie Carroll (Tug), U91593, fire, 29 Sep 1893
    Maggie Carroll (Tug), U91593, fire, 29 Sep 1893
    TextNewspaper       Reason: fire Lives: nil Remarks: Total loss
    TextNewspaper     Reason: fire Lives: nil Remarks: Total loss
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Superior Dock of the Berwind Fuel Co.
    Superior Dock of the Berwind Fuel Co.
    Image  Green's Marine Directory of the Great Lakes, 1920 (Cleveland, OH)     "SUPERIOR DOCK OF THE BERWIND FUEL CO. This dock has an Unloading Capacity of 11,000 tons of Coal in ten hours."
    Image  Green's Marine Directory of the Great Lakes, 1920 (Cleveland, OH)   "SUPERIOR DOCK OF THE BERWIND FUEL CO. This dock has an Unloading Capacity of 11,000 tons of Coal in ten hours."
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Atlantic (Propeller), aground, 1 Jul 1869
    Atlantic (Propeller), aground, 1 Jul 1869
    TextNewspaper       Reason: aground Remarks: Got off
    TextNewspaper     Reason: aground Remarks: Got off
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Amethyst (Tug), sunk, 1 Nov 1869
    Amethyst (Tug), sunk, 1 Nov 1869
    TextNewspaper       Reason: sunk Remarks: Raised
    TextNewspaper     Reason: sunk Remarks: Raised
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • George S. Frost (Steamboat), ice damage, 1 Nov 1869
    George S. Frost (Steamboat), ice damage, 1 Nov 1869
    TextNewspaper       Reason: ice damage
    TextNewspaper     Reason: ice damage
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Kosata (Steamboat), ice damage, 1 Nov 1869
    Kosata (Steamboat), ice damage, 1 Nov 1869
    TextNewspaper       Reason: ice damage
    TextNewspaper     Reason: ice damage
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
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