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Largest ship to have sunk on the Lakes; Most well known Queen; most recent lake freighter to sink Murray Bay: September 17, 1959 December 7, 1962 730 222.5 bulk carrier September 17, 1958 renamed Comeaudoc: Out of service December 4, 1996; scrapped, Port Colborne, Canada 2002 First 730 ft vessel on the Lakes SS Arthur B. Homer: November 7, 1959
Nickerson State Park is a state-owned public recreation area of more than 1,900 acres (770 ha) located on Cape Cod in Brewster, Massachusetts.The park's sandy soil and scrub pines surround many kettle ponds which are dependent on groundwater and precipitation.
The steamship Col. James M. Schoonmaker began life on 1 July 1911 at the Great Lakes Engineering Works in Ecorse, Michigan. At the time of her launch she took the title of Queen of the Lakes which is given to the biggest ship on the Great Lakes. She became the flagship of the Shenango Furnace Company.
Holds lower lakes record of 50,239 net tons of coal, shipped from Ashtabula, Ohio, to Consumers Power 2001 season: Carried the most cargo through the Soo Locks at 3,004,957 long tons (3,053,177 t) On termination of the Republic Steel contract, on May 23, 1990, she was rechristened MV Paul R. Tregurtha at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin , named in honor ...
Ocean Edge Resort has purchased the Old Sea Pines Inn for $2.6 million, expanding its Brewster holdings. Former charm school and inn sold to Ocean Edge Resort in Brewster for $2.6 million Skip to ...
SS Edward L. Ryerson is a steel-hulled American Great Lakes freighter that entered service in 1960. Built between April 1959 and January 1960 for the Inland Steel Company, she was the third of the thirteen so-called 730-class of lake freighters, each of which shared the unofficial title of "Queen of the Lakes", as a result of their record-breaking length.
Shipwreck hunters have discovered a merchant ship that sank in Lake Superior in 1940, taking its captain with it, during a storm off Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The Arlington left Port Arthur ...
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