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In 1999, approximately 4.75 million visitors added more than $152.4 million to the local economy. Of the 383 lakes controlled or maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Lake Cumberland ranks 4th in the nation for the number of visitor hours. Over 1,500 houseboats float on Lake Cumberland and numerous power boats play in its waters.
The Choctaw was a semi-whaleback ship (one of three built) that sank on Lake Huron in 1915 following a collision with the Canadian package freighter Wahcondah. After several unsuccessful searches, she was discovered in 2017, along with the wooden steamer Ohio. She currently lies in almost 300 feet of water. [49] 2: F.T. Barney Shipwreck
The flat-bottomed canal boats had blunt bows, square sterns, and a loaded draft of 3 feet (0.91 m).A tow path adjacent to the excavated portions of the canal enabled horses to tow the canal boats while the boatmen steered, or the boats could be moved by poles when the need arose; usually while passing through the Songo lock.
The doomed vessel had fallen 2 miles behind and out of view of the the larger steel steamship. When the lead vessel rounded into Whitefish Point, it was hit by a northeast gale. And Adella Shores ...
A glass-bottomed tour boat that sank in Georgian Bay, killing two students. Typo: 14 October 1899 The wooden three-masted schooner was run down by the steamer W.P. Ketcham. The ship sank immediately and three of the seven crew on board drowned. [17: Water Witch
Jul. 20—Two people were killed on Lake Cumberland Friday afternoon in a collision involving a jet ski and a boat. Pulaski County Coroner Clyde Strunk confirmed the deaths, saying the accident ...
A World War II-era steamship that sank along with its captain in a strong storm in 1940 has been found at the bottom of Lake Superior after a 10-year search. ... The ship and another that it ...
S.S. Puritan (George M. Cox) SS Henry Chisholm PS Cumberland To the west and south of Isle Royale is the Rock of Ages Lighthouse.Built in 1908, the light has provided the ships of Lake Superior with assurances that the Rock of Ages reef would be found by the captain, before the reef found the ship.