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The US postal zip code 48222 is exclusive to the floating post office and its ship addressees; as of 2016, the boat has a contract with the US Postal Service through 2021. [2] The mail is delivered to the appropriate ships (mainly lake freighters) as they transit the Detroit River, utilizing ropes and buckets. [2]
The Detroit River is an international river in North America.The river, which forms part of the border between the U.S. state of Michigan and the Canadian province of Ontario, flows west and south for 24 nautical miles (44 km; 28 mi) from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie as a strait in the Great Lakes system.
During the summer, the ship's triple decks would be filled with passengers enjoying the 90-minute, 18-mile (29 km) boat ride to the Boblo Island Amusement Park. Both ships featured music and dancing, and snack bars. The ships became icons on the Detroit River and were greatly loved by the people of Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
Detroit, later called Iroquois (built 1922) Mackinac (1909) Mackinac Islander (1922), in use 1938–69, originally The Oliver H. Perry, later freighter and sank as Alaska crab fishing boat Belair in 1974 [16] Mackinac Islander (1958), sold in the 1980s, now Diamond Belle of Diamond Jack's River Cruises on the Detroit River
Willis B. Boyer (now Col. James M Schoonmaker) and Buckeye in the Maumee River, Toledo; Buckeye currently sails as the barge Lewis J. Kuber. William A. Irvin was named for the president of U.S. Steel at the time of its launching. It was the first laker with a welded design, and served as the flagship of US Steel's Great Lakes fleet from her ...
August 9, 2023 - Detroit River - St. Marys Challenger was spotted on the Detroit River. She is still sailing the Great Lakes. September 14, 2024 - Cleveland, OH (Flats Area) St. Mary's Challenger was spotted around 10:59 EST making its way through the Cuyahoga River. September 19, 2024 seen ok Kinikinic river in Milwaukee transferring cement.
On December 8, 1927, the Tashmoo snapped its moorings during a gale and starting drifting up the Detroit River. [6] It collided with a ferry and was found further upstream, stopped by the Belle Isle Bridge. [6] Two tugboats pulled the Tashmoo away from bridge, but the cables broke again and the ship once again headed for the bridge.
Boat burned 2011 and fate unknown. [4] John Kendall: 1930: 1979: Sold to Robert Massey of Pan Oceanic Engineering Corporation of Alpena, Michigan and converted as tug for Ferris Marine; scrapped in 1994 [5] Curtis Randolph: 1979: present: Docked at foot of 24th Street and Detroit Riverwalk near Riverside Park Sivad Johnson: 2020-08-31: present