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The Clipper is the last Great Lakes American Passenger Ship of her kind. The SD Milwaukee Clipper was built in 1904 as the SS Juniata, She carried 350 passengers and cargo between Buffalo, NY, and Duluth, MN from 1905 through 1936, when she was tied up with an uncertain future.
SS Christopher Columbus carried 1.7–2 million passengers in her first year alone, [1] [34] and is estimated to have carried more passengers than any other vessel on the Great Lakes. [5] She was one of the most photographed passenger ships on the lakes, and souvenir postcards of her are still widely available.
Erie was a steamship that operated as a passenger freighter on the Great Lakes. It caught fire and sank on August 9, 1841, resulting in the loss of an estimated 254 lives, making it one of the deadliest disasters in the history of the Great Lakes. The Erie had a wooden hull and used a side-wheel paddle for propulsion.
A crew from the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society found her about 40 miles northwest of Whitefish Point, resting 650 feet below the surface of Lake Superior.
Lost on Lake Huron during the Great Lakes Storm of 1913. Its wreck was discovered in July 2015. [13] Ironton: 26 September 1894 A schooner that sank in a collision with the wooden freighter Ohio. Isaac M. Scott United States: 9 November 1913 A lake freighter that sank in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913
Great Lakes freighters (1 C, ... Package freighters (12 P) Passenger ships of the Great Lakes (15 P) S. Ships built in Marine City, ... Pages in category "Great Lakes ...
SS Chicora was a passenger-and-freight steamer built in 1892 for service on the Great Lakes.Considered to be one of Lake Michigan ' s finest steamers, she was lost with all hands in January 1895.
The late 1800s was a busy period for Great Lakes commerce. Thousands of schooners, or sailing ships, and hundreds of steamers hauled cargo and passengers between bustling port cities such as ...