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Topic: Lake freighter


  
  Saint Lawrence Seaway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
West of the Island of Montreal and Lake Saint-Louis, the Beauharnois Canal bypasses the Beauharnois hydroelectric dam.
Called Lake St Lawrence, it required the flooding on July 1, 1958 of ten villages in Ontario, now collectively known as "The Lost Villages." There was also inundation on the New York side, but no communities were affected.
Larger vessels of the lake freighter fleet are built on the Lakes and cannot travel down the seaway to the ocean.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saint_Lawrence_Seaway   (977 words)

  
 Waited
Lake freighters, however, were larger; approximately 600 feet, and featured two "islands." The island at the bow was the pilot house where the wheel man and captain worked and the island at the stern housed the boiler, engine, crew quarters, and galley.
Speed was not the forte' of the lake freighter.
By comparison, the super bulk freighters that ply the great lakes today are almost 1100 feet long and boast 10000 horse power.
cid.railfan.net /articles/waited.html   (770 words)

  
 Civilian Ships--Lake Catherine (Freighter, 1918)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Lake Catherine, a 1983 gross ton steam freighter, was built at Toledo, Ohio, in 1918.
Taken over by the U.S. Navy and placed in commission as USS Lake Catherine (ID # 3568) in October 1918, she made one trans-Atlantic voyage during the final weeks of World War I. From November 1918 until July 1919, she operated in European waters, mainly carrying food in support of post-war relief activities.
Originally named Arthur R. Lewis, she was acquired by the Navy and commissioned as USS Lake Catherine (ID# 3568) on 4 October 1918.
www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-civil/civsh-l/lake-cat.htm   (288 words)

  
 Southern Georgian Bay - Community Profile - Brief History - The Wrecks of Georgian Bay   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Schooners, barges, tugs and freighters regularly plied the waters of the Great Lakes carrying cargo and passengers between ports.
The 305-foot freighter, thought to be the longest wooden vessel lost on Georgian Bay, went aground in 1911.
The 350-foot steel lake freighter, Mapledawn, was wrecked in 1924 on the northwest corner of the island.
www.southerngeorgianbay.on.ca /comprof/hiswreck.html   (296 words)

  
 Civilian Ships--Lake Dymer (Freighter, 1918)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Lake Dymer, a 2357 gross ton freighter, was built at Superior, Wisconsin, in 1918.
Soon after her return to the United States in June 1919, USS Lake Dymer was decommissioned and returned to the U.S. Shipping Board.
She was acquired by the Navy and placed in commission 17 September 1918 as USS Lake Dymer (ID# 4131).
www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-civil/civsh-l/lake-dym.htm   (236 words)

  
 LakeNet - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The longest as-yet undeveloped stretch of Lake Superior coastline is under threat from a large American road-building company, some Canadian and American environmentalists say.
The company plans to drill, blast and crush the ancient bedrock into aggregate, which it would then ship by lake freighter to the state for road building.
The aim is to persuade people and politicians in the U.S. midwest to speak out against having their roads paved with rock blasted from the undeveloped shoreline of Lake Superior.
www.worldlakes.org /shownews.asp?newsid=1039   (448 words)

  
 WINTER FROLICS ON THE GREAT LAKES
Fortunately, two years before this incident, BMC Henley had set and pulled the buoys around Cedarville prior to being transferred to Mackinac Island, so although the buoys had been pulled for the season, he remembered where the shoals and rocks were and made it safely into Cedarville.
The station contacted the last southbound lake freighter, which was headed for Chicago and had cleared Detour Island at the lower end of the St. Mary’s River.
The freighter picked up the 40-footer and the 36-footer on radar and directed BM1 Rambus to the 40-footer.
www.jacksjoint.com /winter_frolics_on_the_great_lake.htm   (988 words)

  
 Soo Locks at Sault Ste Marie Michigan
The huge freighter in the picture is a self-unloader carrying taconite pellets to Cleveland, Lorain, Chicago, Gary, Burns Harbor, Indiana Harbor, Detroit, Toledo, Ashtabula, Conneaut, or another iron ore receiving port.
His last 15 years were served as Captain on the Great Lakes freighters.
The book is filled with stories about disasters, personal anecdotes, general shipping stories, information on lake customs, diagrams about actually maneuvering a lake freighter with an anchor, illustrations by the captain and even a glossary.
www.exploringthenorth.com /soo/locks.html   (853 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Saint Lawrence Seaway
However, according to law, the Saint Lawrence Seaway extends from Montreal to Lake Erie and includes the Welland Canal while the upper section is the Great Lakes Waterway.
Larger vessels of the lake freighter fleet are built on the Lakes and can never travel down the Seaway to the ocean.
The only lock on the Great Lakes Seaway is 1,200 feet (356.8m) long, 110 feet (33.5 m) wide and 32 feet (9.8 m) deep although the channels are not kept that deep.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Saint_Lawrence_Seaway   (781 words)

  
 AER Template 2
This motor and drive unit was part of the apparatus that swung the loading arm out into position over the Lake Freighter being loaded.
These cables are attached to the bottom of the loading arm supports and were used to rotate the arm into position over the ship.
The entire tower pivoted on its base and on the tower braces to rotate the loading arm into position over the lake freighter.
www.magma.ca /~morcomp/tupellet2.html   (1095 words)

  
 Port Huron Michigan Cruises aboard the Huron Lady II tour boat - Motorcoach Cruises   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
She is under the command of a Great Lakes captain and staffed by an experienced and friendly crew.
The tour is narrated and focuses on the history of the area, local sights, and the significance of shipping on the Great Lakes.
Sightseeing tours aboard the Huron Lady II may be grouped with other related attractions in Port Huron such as the Port Huron Museum, Huron Lightship Museum, Thomas Edison Depot Museum, and the Fort Gratiot Lighthouse for a comprehensive overview of the region’s maritime heritage.
www.huronlady.com /Motorcoach.htm   (470 words)

  
 The independent bookstore on the web!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
While touring the Great Lakes Museum at Belle Isle, Michigan, a couple I met described a fascinating cruise on a lake freighter to rekindle the fires of their romance.
One summer, when bluish mists were rising from the wind-swept beach of that same lake, I heard the melody of a woman’s voice, singing what happened to be my favorite song.
I told her of a chance encounter by this very lake, twenty-one years ago.
www.buybooksontheweb.com /peek.asp?ISBN=0-7414-2052-X   (817 words)

  
 Maumee River - OH
Every time I've done this trip, there are giant lake freighters filling up or unloading at any one of these locations.
I guess it's interesting to them seeing a little boat bobbing next to them as it is for me to yell up 4 stories to the side of a lake freighter.
We have a floating freighter museum the Willis Boyer moored in downtown.
www.paddling.net /places/showReport.html?698   (1141 words)

  
 Niagara, river, United States and Canada. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
It flows north around Grand Island and over Niagara Falls to Lake Ontario; the river forms part of the U.S.-Canadian border.
The upper section of the river is navigable for c.20 mi (30 km) to a series of rapids above the falls; in its last 7 mi (11 km) it is again navigable, from Lewiston, N.Y., to Lake Ontario.
The Erie Canal (part of the New York State Canal System enters the river at Tonawanda, N.Y.; the Welland Canal, several miles W on the Ontario side, is a lake-freighter route around the falls.
www.bartleby.com /65/ni/NiagaraR.html   (217 words)

  
 Leelanau Enterprise // Editorial Archive
One of the most unusual and attractive -- and largest -- flags to adorn the paper was created by artist Fred Dickinson with his wife, Julia, publishers of the paper from 1943-1948.
The artwork depicted a sketch of what could be Fishtown with seagulls and fishing nets with a lake freighter on the horizon; and a farm scene with corn and cherries near one of the Manitou islands.
Kerr resides in Leland; Dickinson on Glen Lake.
www.leelanaunews.com /archive.php?id=802   (689 words)

  
 a water's edge retreat - kelleys island, ohio
rated #1 beach inn on the great lakes and midwest by travel and leisure and glovebox guidebooks of america
watch the magnificent lake freighter as they journey from lake erie to other ports of call.
get the best of both sides of the lake....wonderful accommodations, sailing packages, walking distance to some of the northcoast's best restaurants, close to cedar point, east harbor state park and ferries to all the lake erie islands.
www.watersedgeretreat.com   (1061 words)

  
 tBlog! - The Lynne Show
There are springs that feed the lake with cold water and the lake is silty enough that the sun doesnt warm the deeper parts much.
It would have been nice to live up at the lake with built in doggy care in the form of my mother living right across the street.
I still cant bring myself to write about the world events that are at the front of my mind these days other than to say that I got an email today from my friend in Beruit and he and his family are ok which has eased my mind some.
www.tblog.com /templates/index.php?bid=lynne&static=474312   (7461 words)

  
 The Lakes, NV 88905   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
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www.bigletterlist.net /z/NV-88905.htm   (876 words)

  
 SWC Film Log Lines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
A team of men and women with diverse skills and personalities are sent back through time to protect ancient artifacts that hold mystical powers to control world events in the present.
The spoiled heir of a derelict Great Lake freighter line is forced to work aboard a ship as a common laborer where he works to win the love of the captain's daughter who is the ship's cook.
The experiences of an extended family living together near a munitions factory in the U.S. strangely parallel the life of their husband-father-son on the front lines at the Battle of the Bulge.
www.stanwilliams.com /LogLines.html   (284 words)

  
 Carl Brookins: Mystery Author
When Mary Whitney finds an engine inspection plate at the bottom of Lake Superior, she traces it to a sunken lake freighter named Amador that may have been carrying a secret cargo from a Chicago family to a company in Duluth, Minnesota.
The problem is, the inspection plate Mary found during her swim in the Apostle Islands was not where the freighter supposedly foundered.
And when she and Tanner decide to solve that mystery, they become the target of killers who are desperate to keep the secrets of the Amador and her cargo away from the public.
www.minnesotacrimewave.org /carlbrookins   (700 words)

  
 Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat News Early Summer 2004: Citizens of Michipicoten Bay Continue Efforts to Stop Gravel ...
Quarrying plans include the stripping of the boreal forest cover, and the drilling, blasting and crushing of the ancient Algoma bedrock into aggregate to be shipped to Michigan for paving highways.
The traditional migratory corridor of these northern animals, along the shores of Lake Superior, could be blocked by the quarry operation.
Also of concern is the incompatibility of noise, dust and lake freighter activity in a world-class ecotourism destination.
www.glhabitat.org /news/glnews369.html   (870 words)

  
 Letters to the Editor
To the Editor: I write to you as a voice among many who share a great concern for the bridge being proposed on the northwest corner of Lake Erie between Grosse Ile and Sugar Island.
Such a bridge would have a significant negative impact upon this entire area and all need to be aware of the almost unanimous feeling against this bridge that exists among residents of Grosse Ile and those non-residents who enjoy our beautiful island.
The only route to these waters would be the commercial shipping channel that is often a hazardous place when facing a large lake freighter in such tight quarters.
archives.heritage.com /ic/20030711/C20ELD1.htm   (509 words)

  
 retail, super, store, great, lake, lakes, maritime, nautical, merchant, marine, clothing, clothes, video, videos, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
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www.greatlakesfreighters.com   (621 words)

  
 Pictures of Ohio
Terminal Tower and the Science Center in the Cleveland, Ohio skyline.
Science Center and Lake Freighter in the Cleveland, Ohio skyline.
Lake freighter housing the William G. Mather Museum moored in Cleveland.
www.planetware.com /photos/PHUSOH.HTM   (158 words)

  
 Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan - Antlers Restaurant
Situated facing the the Saint Mary's River, this restaurant is a unique place to sit and watch stuffed wildlife (that covers almost every square inch of the walls) as well as to watch the river.
The restaurant has a unique tradition of making a great deal of noise using whistles, pots and horns every time a Lake Freighter passes in front of the place.
They even have a fish with fur that they claim was found in Lake Superior so far down in the cold depths that it needed fur to survive.
www.roadsideamerica.com /tips/getAttraction.php3?tip_AttractionNo==699   (233 words)

  
 Great Lake Freighters
Because of her tank coating and construction, she can also carry calcium chloride, caustic soda, and nitrogen fertilizers.
These cargos are delivered to customers along the Great Lakes, St. Lawrence Seaway, and the East Coast of Canada and the United States.
Gemini's maiden voyage was from Baytown, TX with a load of fuel oil for Detroit, MI thus becoming the largest U.S. flagged tanker on the Great Lakes.
www3.sympatico.ca /jbentley1/greatlakefreighters.htm   (247 words)

  
 Powerboat King Gar Wood Dies at 90 in Miami
Garfield Arthur Wood was born in Mapleton, Iowa, Dec. 4, 1880, one of a family of 12, nine boys and three girls.
His father was a ferry boat operator and later a lake freighter captain.
Gar's first raced pitted the ferry boat against a rival craft on Lake Osakis in Minnesota.
www.lesliefield.com /personalities/gar_wood_powerboat_king_gar_wood_dies_at_.htm   (974 words)

  
 Tomlinsongroup.com : Aggregates : Ontario Trap Rock   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
State-of-the-art crushing equipment also allows us to generate cube-shaped materials that are shipped via freighter throughout the Great Lakes region.
Since our January 1995 purchase of this property, we have dredged an existing navigational channel to facilitate product distribution by creating lake freighter access to our shipping facilities.
Today, we ship our products via truck, rail and self-unloading lake freighter to Great Lakes ports.
www.tomlinsongroup.com /Default.asp?id=17   (137 words)

  
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www.loans.dlbws.com /resources/great-lake-higher-education-loan.html   (209 words)

  
 Great Lakes 2005 Calendar
E-Mail Us (We are often traveling around the Great Lakes and may not always be able to answer immediately.)
APRIL -- Lake freighter passing Two Harbors, MN, East Breakwater Light (Lake Superior).
JUNE -- Harebells on rocky Lake Superior shore, Lake Superior Provincial Park, ON -- Tibbetts Point Lighthouse (Lake Ontario).
www.sweetwatervisions.com /Pages/calendar.html   (187 words)

  
 Charity Auction for a Trip aboard a Great LakesFreighter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Trips onboard a working freighter are only available to the shipping companies customers.
Before this Auction, the only way for the general public to take a cruise on a working Great Lakes freighter was to take a chance in a raffle drawing.
This trip on is a once-in-a-life-time opportunity to guarantee you will be cruising on a working freighter in the summer of 2005.
www.boatnerd.com /trips/oldtrips/auctionbarker.htm   (272 words)

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