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COMPANY HISTORIES Page Index
Algoma Central Railway by Carol Johnson 43.1(1987): 2-7
Algoma Central steamships by Doreen Rice 23.3(1967): 225-30
Algoma Central steamships, 1970 by Doreen Rice 26.4(1970): 263-65
Allis-Chambers: Great Lakes arsenal of democracy during World War I by Walter F. Peterson - about the company 18.4(1962): 256-60
Around the lakes, 1989 - about Goodrich Transportation Company 20.2(1964): 164
Bankbook for Clevelanders - about Central National Bank 21.3(1965): 247
Big tow by J. W. Alexander and W. L. Oliphant - about the Ganley Tug Line to Sault Mills 17.4(1962): 264-72
Bob-Lo boats - a living tradition by Haviland F. Reves 13.3(1957): 184-97
Bradley Transportation Line by Gerald F. Micketti 35.1(1979): 13-20
Building "yippies" in the Thousand Islands by George K. Houghton - about the Hutchinson Brothers Boat Works 28.3(1972): 196-201
Business side of operating a fleet at the turn of the 20th century: The story of the Neff family of Milwaukee by Jan Richard Heier 48.2(1992): 139-45; 48.3(1992): 226-30
Bygones from a bygone era - about the Canadian National Railways 28.3(1972): 233
Canada Steamship Lines, Limited by John B. Dempsey, II 15.1(1959): 4-14
Canadian Pacific Railway Company Steamship Lines - last of an era by Lorenzo Marcolin 22.1(1966): 3-16
Canadian Pacific steamships and the Plimsoll load lines by Lorenzo Marcolin, MD. 35.1(1979): 35-38, 47-51
Cape Vincent's (NY) role in the Northern Transportation Company fleet by Charles Armstrong 4.3(1948): 152-58
Cement afloat by Roy L. Peck - about the Huron Portland Cement Co 21.1(1965): 36-40
Coal for Sheboygan by William A. McDonald - about the C. Reiss Company and mentions the following ships: the schooners Montgomery, John Schuett, W. H. Rounds and the steam barge Nevada 17.1(1961): 15-14
Colonel McKnight's Lake Superior Line by W. R. Williams - about Sheldon McKnight 16.2(1960): 138-44
Composite Steamers by W. A. McDonald - built by the Detroit Dry Dock Co 15.2(1959): 114-16
Concerning Tin Stackers 9.4(1953): 294
Crossing Lake Michigan by Herbert A. Rehfeld - set in 1920s about the Pere Marquette steamers 21.3(1965): 187-93
Days of the Hart Steamboat Line by Oakman 28.4(1972): 302-05
Detroit, Belle Isle and Windsor Ferry Company 1891-1907 by Haviland F. Reves 20.2(1964): 148-49
Early history of the International Shipmasters' Assn 7.3(1951): 207-08
Eastland Navigation Company, 1907- 1914 by David W. Francis 34.2(1978): 96-102; 34.3(1978): 182-89
Erie fleet about the Erie Railroad 7.3(1951): 204-05
Family affair . . . the Mitchell Steamship Company by Mary Louise Mitchell Schaefer assisted by Pauline G Fanslow 39.4(1983): 249-54
Four long and one short: A history of the Great Lakes Towing Company by Alexander C. Meakin 30.4(1974): 231-41; 31.1(1975): 14-27; 31.2(1975): 117-24, 133-38; 31.4(1975): 278-90; 32.1(1976): 17-27; 32.2(1976): 112-21; 32.3(1976): 192-99; 32.4(1976): 255-62; 33.1(1977): 37-42, 51-55; 33.2(1977): 113-20; 33.3(1977): 206-14; 33.4(1977): 293-94, 303-10; 34.1(1978): 13-20
Georgian Bay epoch - ships and shipbuilders at Coldwater by William R. McNeil & Patrick Folkes - about the Hayes Brothers 39.2(1983): 106-11
Georgian Bay Line by Donald E. Poste 14.4(1958): 299-301
Georgian Bay Line by Richard H. Braun 54.3(1998): 175-83
Gilchrist Transportation Company by John S. Watterson 15.3(1959): 215-21
Goodrich Line by R G Plumb 1.2(1945): 18-24; rep. 50.3(1994): 202-08
Grand River Line by John Derler 22.4(1966): 323-25
Great Lakes cruise ship to Tidewater by Albert W. Bradley - about Georgian Bay Lines excursion ship 17.1(1961): 66-70
Great Lakes Steamship Company by Milton J. Brown 13.2(1957): 142-44
Great white squadron by Henry Folger - about the Thousand Island Steamship Co in the 1870s 23.2(1967): 152-53
H to the 50th power: Hall Corporation's golden anniversary by Robert D. Graham 34.4(1978): 252-61
Historical collection of Insurance Company of North America 24.3(1968): 261
History of the Cleveland & Buffalo Transit Company by A T Zillmer 2.2(1946): 75-80; 2.4(1946): 257-65
History of the Hudson's Bay Company Post at Little Current, Ontario compiled by Frank A. Myers 15.2(1959): 88-96; 15.3(1959): 222-32; 15.4(1959): 276-82; 16.1(1960): 47-59
History of the Northern Steamship Company by Al Miller 55.1(1999): 18-30
Hudson's Bay Company receives awards of merit 26.3(1970): 184
I knew them when . . . by William Anderson & John Zeile - about the Candler Brothers Fleet 48.4(1992): 262-80
Ice, Water Allouez Express by Al Miller - about the Cleveland-Cliffs Co in 1941 50.2(1994): 86-93
Imperial's Ice flight by Gordon R. McKean - about Imperial Oil Co 21.2(1965): 144
Incidents - amusing, tragic and otherwise by A. T. Killmer - about the Cleveland and Buffalo Transit Lines and mention the ships State of Ohio, City of Buffalo, City of Erie 22.3(1966): 185-93
Islands ho! The story of a boat line by Theodore N. Ferris, Jr. - about the Neuman Boat Lines 29.1(1973): 27-32
Lake Erie Excursion Company by A. T. Killer 16.4(1960): 275-82
Lake Michigan Car Ferry Transportation Company by George W. Hilton 18.1(1962): 27-38
Life on the western rivers by Don Nash - worked for the Green Line 50.1(1994): 46-53
Lure of the Lakes by George P. Wakefield - talks about George Goetz's fleet 41.2(1985): 138-39
Matthews Boat Company spans 84 years by Samuel A. Jaeger 46.3(1990): 170-73
Memories of the D&C: An informal look at the Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Company by William Clark Robinson 26.1(1970): 7-19
Michigan's Indian Factory at Detroit, 1802-1805 by Dr. Russell M. Magnaghi 38.3(1982): 171-78
Michigan's Indian Factory at Mackinac, 1808-1812 by Dr. Russell M Magnaghi 39.1(1983): 22-30
Miller Boat Line by Andy Sykora 38.4(1982): 245-51
Needle ice and wild ducks by Alexander C. Meakin - about the Great Lakes Towing Company 25.2(1969): 123-28
New England Transportation Company by W. R. Williams 14.1(1958): 50-54
New steamboat line - about the Crosby Transportation Line 23.1(1967): 55
Northwest Transportation Company by W. R. Williams 18.2(1962): 112-18
Ocean Marine Insurance by John E Frankel 18.2(1962): 140-41
Ogdensburg ships 12.3(1956): 221
Oglebay Norton Company by E. L. O'Connor 13.4(1957): 320; 14.2(1958): 115-19
Oglebay, Norton Anniversary Map 10.2(1954): 149
One hundred crossings by R. G. Plumb - about the Pere Marquette fleet 10.2(1954): 96-101
Ontario Car Ferry Company, 1905-1950 by W. A. Howard 6.2(1950): 111-113
Owen Sound Transportation Co, Ltd 24.3(1968): 250
Pacific Coast Steamship records 2.2(1946): 133
Pictures along the waterfront: An informal view of the D & C Navigation Company by William C. Robinson 26.3(1970): 188-94
Pittsburgh "supers" by Gary S. Dewar - about he Pittsburgh Steamship Company 48.1(1992): 2-19
Portage Lake Ferry Sam Eales and John Martin ran this ferry 8.2(1952): 133-34
Pulpwood fleet by Carl C. Hanks (about Roen fleet) 10.2(1954): 79-82
Rags of the Greene Line by Don Naish 49.1(1993): 44-46
Road to the lower Lakes by Nancy A. Schneider - about Cleveland Company 54.2(1998): 102-10
Rockefeller fleet by Roger M. Jone 3.3(1947): 131-36
Rutland railway lake steamers by William C. Pletz 21.4(1965): 277-87
Sandusky and Cleveland - Railroad rivals in the 1850s by Paul P. Laning 28.3(1972): 189-95
Sandusky Indian Factory 1806 - 1812 by Russell M. Magnaghi 39.3(1983): 174-79, 192
Sherwin-Williams Co.'s Lake shipping venture 6.1(1950):
Small trust boat sail - about US Steel 17.1(1961): 60
Story of the D & C by Francis Duncan - about the Detroit and Cleveland Steam Navigation Co 7.4(1951): 219-28; 8.1(1952): 49-55; 8.2(1952): 90-98; 8.3(1952): 167-76; 8.4(1952): 268-74; 9.1(1953): 27-34; 9.2(1953): 125-29; 9.3(1953): 181
Story of the Goodrich Line by Capt. D. J. McGarity - author was a sailor for the Line 14.3(1958): 221-26
Tin stackers (errata and addenda) 10.2(1954): 144-45
Tin stackers by Rev. Edward J. Dowling, S. J. - about Pittsburgh Steamship Company 9.2(1953): 79-85; 9.3(1953): 175-79; 9.4(1953): 271-80; 10.1(1954): 43-50
Vessels visit at Buffalo, 1841 to 1870 - about ships built at Union Dry Dock Co. yard at Buffalo, NY 10.3(1954): 224-25
We are pleased to announce, by Gerald D. Gilbert - about the Ann Arbor railroad and the Arthur K Atkinson 36.3(1980): 177-78
Wilson Fleet, freight pioneers by Jewell R. Dean 2.3(1946): 159-64
Wooden boats and wooden boxes: Recollections of the Great Lakes by Ernest L. Ellenberger - about the Smead Box Company in Cleveland, OH 47.3(1991): 209-10

CRUISES/VOYAGES Page Index
1860 vacation jaunt by J. E. Snow - diary of Aug 17 trip 6.3(1950): 177-84
Around Lake Superior, summer 1978 by Dr. Julius F. Wolff, Jr. 35.2(1979): 112-15
Bound down, a summer cruise in 1897 by Elise Janet French 4.1(1948): 47-53
Buffalo to Chicago in 1839 by Fred Landon 4.3(1948): 168-72
By canoe to Lake Superior in 1838 by Fred Landon - about Rev. James Evans 29.1(1973): 33-36, 45-46
Cruising down the river by Dan W. Weber 11.4(1955): 295-96
Detroit to Buffalo in 1834 14.4(1958): 317
First trip by steam to Lake Superior (1845) by Lewis Marvill 22.4(1966): 301-04
Great Lakes cruising clubs 21.2(1965): 165
Lakes Journey of 1850 52.4(1996): 311-17
Midsummer voyages on Northern Seas 20.2(1964): 147
St Lawrence steamboat days by Frederick Curry 7.4(1951): 264-71
Stormy voyage in 1850 by F. H. Armstrong 18.3(1962): 219-24
Summer season, 1898 18.2(1962): 135
To Michigan by water - 1844 by Mary Per Lee Mary and William Per Lee's trip to Michigan a letter about settling in the spring in Lamont, Ottawa County, MI 10.1(1954): 51-55
Vacation voyages on inland seas by Paul T. Hurt, Jr. - about his personal recollections 7.2(1951): 91-98; 7.3(1951): 167-73; 7.4(1951): 257-63
Visit to Lake Superior - 1866 by Ernest H. Rankin 16.1(1960): 14-24
Winter mission by David Page - personal memories 19.4(1963): 288-91
Winter trip to Mackinac by Lee Miller 22.1(1966): 71
Wolseley Expedition crosses the Great Lakes by James P. Barry 24.2(1968): 91-107


EXPOS/SHOWS Page Index 1980 Mid-America Boat Show 36.1(1980): 58
1981 Mid-America Boat Show by T. A. Sykora 37.1(1981): 64
1982 Mid-America Boat Show by Thomas A. Sykora 38.1(1982): 62
21st Annual Cleveland Mid-America Boat Show 33.4(1977): 321
Canadian Universal and International Exhibition - 1967 23.2(1967): 162
Cleveland Exhibit 1.1(1945): 41
Feature attraction - Sports and Travel Shows by William R. Wingate 32.2(1976): 148-49
Glamour on the waterfront by Theodore N. Ferris - about the Great Lakes Expo in 1936 37.3(1981): 213
Great Lakes Historical Society at Cleveland's Mid-America Boat Show '77 by Thomas A. Sykora 33.1(1977): 69-70
Great Lakes Historical Society at the 1979 Mid-America Boat Show by Thomas H. Sykora 35.1(1979): 63-64
Man and his world - theme at Expo 1967 24.2(1968): 173
Mid-America Boat Show (1975) by Thomas A. Sykora 31.1(1975): 72-74
Mid-America Boat Show by Thomas A. Sykora 32.1(1976): 63-65
Mid-America Boat Show, 1974 by Capt. Herbert W. Dosey 30.1(1974): 70-71
Mid-America exposition - about the event 3.2(1947): 117-18
Model Boat Competition and Lifesaving Display at the Mid-America Boat Show by Thomas A. Sykora 34.1(1978): 70-72
River and harbors convention (1907) 33.4(1977): 282-86

FERRIES Page Index Sault Ste Marie ferries by Doreen Rice 20.2(1964): 115-19
Straits of Mackinac ferries by Doreen Rice 14.2(1958): 108-14


FICTION Page Index
Six buckets by Neil E. Jones 51.3(1995): 57; 51.4(1995): 50-58


HISTORY - GENERAL Page Index
Addenda to the Lewis Cass Expedition of 1820: Letters from Lewis Cass to David Bates Douglass by Dr. Sydney W. Jackman 28.1(1972): 17-35
Ancient Chippewa Indian prayer 13.2(1957): 122
Bicentennial USA 31.1(1975): 3-6
Colonial trail blazers around western Lake Erie by Paul F. Laning 19.4(1963): 266-76
Development of the Lake Superior Region by Hon. Peter White 11.2(1955): 92-102
Devil and Champlain by Frank R. Kramer - about the explorer in the Great Lakes 7.3(1951): 147-59
Discovery of Lake Erie by Lucien Campeau S. J. 40.4(1984): 238-53
Dutch settlement of Great Lakes cities in the mid nineteenth century by John H. Yzenbaard 27.1(1971): 18-27
Early exploration of Lake Erie and Lake Huron by McLeod Orford 24.4(1968): 267-78
Early Lake Superior 14.4(1958): 316-17
Early news of the Upper Peninsula by Ernest H. Rankin - about the Alger Echo (a tabloid) 25.1(1969): 85
From Fort Niagara to Mackinac in 1767 - a letter written by John Porteous 2.2(1946): 86-97
From shore to shore by Miriam Mansfield Stimson 28.3(1972): 171-82
George F Porter and the second Cass Expedition by J Henry Porter 1.3(1945): 16-20
Great Britain To Celebrate U.S. Bicentennial by Rosemary Kovacs 31.4(1975): 330
Great Lakes Indian lore by Capt. Herbert W. Dosey 31.2(1975): 97-112
Henry Bayfield's hydrographic survey of Lake Huron by Scott D. Wilson 48.2(1992): 117-27
Henry Rowe Schoolcraft visits Lake Superior by Ernest H. Rankin 20.3(1964): 205-10
Iron money 26.3(1970): 233
Iron money - about the currency in the Upper Peninsula 3.3(1947): 193-95
Jesuits in the Lake Superior country by Russell M. Magnaghi 41.2(1985): 190-203
License issued to Youngs L. Morgan by Henry R. Schoolcraft, Indain Agent - issued on July 29, 1822 18.4(1962): 299
Life on Lake Erie a century ago by Grace Hunter 22.1(1966): 17-28; 22.2(1966): 111-20; 22.3(1966): 196-207
Map of "Novelle France" 8.4(1952): 283
Moving and losing locomotives by John Hoxland White, Jr. 52.1(1996): 56-62, 69
Niagara odyssey by John Eastman 29.4(1973): 249-61
Norsemen in medieval America: An appraisal of the evidence by W. R. Anderson 34.3(1978): 190-99
Painting commemorates Lewis Cass Expedition by Ernest H. Rankin 26.1(1970): 49-55
Ports of entry and collectors of customs in Upper Canada, 1797-1841 by Frederich H. Armstrong 26.2(1970): 137-44
Red Jacket's medal - about the leader of the Seneca 18.1(1962): 77-78
Rush-Bagot Agreement (Ont) 23.3(1967): 260
Sir George Gibbons, Canadian diplomat, and the Boundary Waters Treaty by Harriet E. Whitney 29.2(1973): 99-109
Struggle to establish civilization on the Michigan Iron Range by Nancy A. Schneider 54.1(1998): 24-31
Turning point dates on the Great Lakes, March 22, 1938 - pictures 40.4(1984): 286-89
U.S.-Canada border friction by James P. Barry 45.2(1989): 75-89; 45.3(1989): 183-91; 45.4(1989): 256-71
Upper Lakes of North America by Richard Palmer 54.2(1998): 111-18
View of the Great Lakes in 1648: A tribute to the Jesuit Relations by Theodore D. Wakefield 32.3(1976): 184-91 Wilkins Expedition: Disaster site debate by Daniel E. Marsalek 40.1(1984): 55-57
HYMNS/SONGS Page Index
For those in peril on the sea by Fred Landon - a hymn 20.1(1964): 3-4
Keep the lower lights burning - song about a shipwreck 18.1(1962): 54


INDUSTRIES Page Index
Aborted Cooper Expedition to Lake Superior country, 1800 by Dr Russell M. Magnaghi 36.2(1980): 80-86
American grain trade of the Great Lakes, 1825-1873 by Thomas D. Odle 7.4(1951): 237-45; 8.1(1952): 23-28; 8.2(1952): 99-104; 8.3(1952): 177-92; 8.4(1952): 248-54; 9.1(1953): 52-58; 9.2(1953): 105-109; 9.3(1953): 162-67; 9.4(1953): 256-62
America's first railroad by Richard Palmer 46.4(1990): 242-44
Barrels to barrows, buckets to belts: 120 years of iron ore handling on the Great Lakes by John A. Burke 31.4(1975): 266-77
Big tugs and big rafts - A story of Georgian Bay lumbering by W R Williams 3.1(1947): 11-16
Buffalo and the Great Lakes trade - 1825-1900 by Marvin A. Rapp 17.1(1961): 18-24; 17.2(1962): 143-49
Commerce of the Lakes 12.3(1956): 221
Commercial wrecking on the Great Lakes by Alexander C. Meakin 24.1(1968): 3-15; 24.2(1968): 118-26
Copper on the "the saltless seas" compiled by Nancy Schneider 53.3(1997): 161-69
Direct trade between our lake ports and Europe 21.2(1965): 148-50
Early Great Lakes trade with Europe by George V. Brown - covers the years 1847-63 17.1(1961): 4-9
Era of pig iron in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan by Dr. Herbert J. Brinks 25.3(1969): 225-34
Exploration for natural gas in Ohio by E. Perry Bendler 18.4(1962): 281-90
First U.S. ore carrier trip into the Seaway by James Gallagher - mentions E G Grace 41.2(1985): 89-99
French interest in Lake Superior copper by Donald Chaput 26.1(1970): 20-35
Frontier railroads in Ohio's Great Lakes region by Paul F. Lansing 10.3(1954): 180-86
Future of the Great Lakes - overseas general cargo operations by Dr. Donald A. Gandre 31.4(1975): 303-10
Future taconite development in the Lake Superior area by John S. Wilbur 20.4(1964): 277-88
Great Lakes iron ore carrier by E. B. Williams 18.3(1962): 172-89
Great Lakes, 1850-61 by Andrew T. Brown - about copper and iron industries 7.1(1951): 29-32; 7.2(1951): 93-104; 7.3(1951): 185-89
Greatness of the Great Lakes by William Ganson Rose - as a commerce and business center 6.2(1950): 67-73
Hazards for hookers: The lumber ships of Lake Superior by Julius F. Wolff, Jr. 50.3(1994): 161-77; 50.4(1994): 266-76, 310
Historic mines of Isle Royale by George R. Fox 8.4(1952): 234-41; 9.1(1953): 43-51
Ice industry at Put-in-bay by Thomas H. Langlois 4.1(1948): 41-43
Incredible logging ships - pictures 54.3(1998): 206-07
Iron age dawns on Lake Superior by Nancy A. Schneider 53.4(1997): 274-81
Iron Mines of Steep Rock Lake, Ontario by Hugh M. Roberts 6.3(1950): 139-43
Iron trail retraced by rail by Elizabeth deCourcy Greene 18.4(1962): 325-26
Joseph Dart and the emergence of Buffalo as a grain port, 1820-1860 by Arthur A. Markowitz 25.3(1969): 179-90
Lake Erie Region, gas and oil producing formations (map) 18.4(1962): 280
Logs for Saginaw by Robert C. Johnson development of raft-towing on Lake Huron 5.1(1949): 37-41; 5.2(1949): 83-90
Lumber ports of Marinette-Menominee in the nineteenth century by Carl E. Krog 28.4(1972): 272-80
Marquette's iron ore docks by Ernest H. Rankin 23.3(1967): 231-37
Midland Blast Furnace (Midland, Ont) by W. R. Williams 19.4(1963): 308-10
Mineral and timber prospects in Upper Michigan: The 1858 diary of John V. L. Pruyn by Dr. Jerome Mushlat 30.2(1974): 84-94
Ore and coal exchange by Thomas Andrew Sykora - about the organization to coordinate traffic 14.3(1958): 192-98
Ore docks by Eric Hirsimaki 47.3(1991): 165-78
Potato ships of Lake Michigan by Theodore S. Charrney 44.1(1988): 46-51
Railroad ferry boats on the Niagara River by Erik Heyl 17.2(1962): 97-104; (conjecture refuted) 17.3(1962): 225-26
Recent changes in coal traffic on the Great makes by Donald A. Gandre 34.1(1978): 51-58
Recent changes in the flow pattern of iron ore on the Great Lakes by Dr. Donald A. Gandre 27.4(1971): 247-59
Rivalry between Chicago and Wisconsin lake ports for control of the grain trade by Patrick E. McLear 24.3(1968): 225-33
Underwater recovery of locomotive by John H. White Jr. 52.3(1996): 234-36
Up the grades on ore 53.3(1997): 178-911
Upper Great Lakes lumber era by Randall E. Rohe 40.1(1984): 16-29
West to east - New cargoes for the inland seas - transporting coal from the west 29.3(1973): 211-12
Wings over Lake Erie by Donald S. Bowman 49.1(1993): 4-7

LIGHTHOUSES Page Index
Au Sable Light, sentinel of the "Great Sands" by James L. Carter 33.2(1977): 96-105
Braddock's Point Light by Barbara A. Carden 41.2(1985): 220-23
Brief history of the Split Rock Lighthouse by Glenn Sandvik 28.3(1972): 206-08, 217-22
Buffalo piers and lighthouses 100 year ago 1.1(1945): 37-38
Canadian lighthouse lens and fog systems on the Great Lakes before automation by Harry T. Crump 49.2(1993): 84-87
Caribou Island Light by Harry T. Crump - located on Lake Superior 49.3(1993): 185-86
Caribou Light by James L Carter 42.3(1986): 167
Caribou Lighthouse by B. Chisholm & A. Gutsche 54.4(1998): 260-63
Caribou retires 3.2(1947): 118-19
Demise of the Maumee Bay Range Lights by Steve Cook 36.3(1980): 165-67
Early lighthouse construction: A case study by David W. Francis 44.4(1988): 290-99
Fairport Lighthouse (Ohio) 1.2(1945): 48
First federal lighthouse on the Great Lakes by Herbert R. Spencer 22.2(1966): 127-28
First Georgian Bay lighthouse by W. R. Williams 12.2(1956): 134
First lighthouse on Lake Ontario near Kingston by R. A. Preston 13.3(1957): 198-204
First lighthouse on the Great Lakes by Lillian Rae Benson - about the Mississauga Light 1.2(1945): 14-17
Gibraltar Point Light by Rowley Murphy 3.3(1947): 150-54 ; 3.4(1947): 248-53
History of Whitefish Point Light by Janice H. Gerred 45.2(1989): 90-91
Horseshoe Reef Lighthouse by Alec McEwen 43.2(1987): 141-49
House clan at Whitefish Point by Janice H. Gerred 45.1(1989): 26-27
Improved signal lamp developed in Oswego (NY) 51.1(1995): 31, 77
Jewel of Lake Erie by Ellen McKenzie Lawson - about the lighthouse near Lorain, OH 45.3(1989): 153-54
Journal of shipwrecks in the vicinity of the lighthouse at Waugoshance (MI) 3.1(1947): 21-24
Lake Superior lifesaver reminisces by Dr Julius F. Wolff, Jr - about John F. Soldenski 24.2(1968): 108-17
Light house on Gibraltar Point, York, 1809 26.4(1970): 312
Light shall never fail by Loretta A. Brandon - about the Presque Isle Lighthouse 44.1(1988): 2-4
Light that shone for a hundred years by Pearl E Killinen - about the lighthouse located at Fairport Harbor, OH 2.2(1946): 98-100
Lighthouse and shipwrecks . . . Thirty Mile Point by Ronald Findlay - in Somerset, NY 52.2(1996): 152-56
Lighthouse glows again at Barcelona (NY) 18.2(1962): 151
Lighthouse luminaries by Kathleen Warnes 42.3(1986): 156-66
Lightkeeper Caribou Island by Harry T. Crump 49.4(1993): 314-15
Marble head Lighthouse by Merlin D. Wolcott - located on Lake Erie in Ottawa Co., OH 10.4(1954): 274-73
Marblehead Lighthouse supplement by Merlin D. Wolcott 37.2(1981): 84-89
Mariners' Memorial Lighthouse Park by Willis Metcalfe - located Milford, Ont 24.2(1968): 173
Old lighthouse lens 2.2(1946): 128-29
Otter Island Light by Fred Landon 12.4(1956): 304-05
Point Pelee Lighthouse 14.1(1958): 67
Presque Isle Lighthouse 21.2(1965): 165
Silver Creek Lighthouse 8.3(1952): 211
Through the new rearview lens by Alan W. Sweigart 54.3(1998): 170-73
To disappear from Lake Erie - about the Erieau Lighthouse 4.4(1948): 279
Trip to lonely Caribou-Island outpost of the Lakes by James L. Carter 35.1(1979): 4-12; 35.2(1979): 95-103; 35.3(1979): 201
Whitefish Point Light by James M. Ripley 24.4(1968): 279-84
Whitefish Point Lighthouse by Janice H. Gerred -lists lighthouse keepers 29.2(1973): 131
Whitefish Point Lighthouse Historical Marker by Janice H. Gerred 30.3(1974): 222
Wicks, wrecks, & the wilderness: An overview of the historic lighthouses and shipwrecks of Isle Royale by Thom Holden 53.1(1997): 36-49; 53.2(1997): 130-41


MAGAZINES Page Index Columnist joins Seaway viewers by John W. Love 14.3(1958): 237-38
Spirit of the Lakes by Charles E. Frohman - a magazine history 29.2(1973): 110-12
Twenty-fifth birthday: Inland Seas 1945-1970 by Donna L. Root 26.1(1970): 3-6

MARITIME HISTORY Page Index
1857 depression on the Lakes by R. G. Plumb 10.4(1954): 290-91
50th year reader the old lake triplets by Dana T. Bowen - reprint 50.3(1994): 194-98
Addenda to "They sailed away on Lake Superior," by Dr. Julius F. Wolff, Jr. 30.1(1974): 47
All aboard as it used to be by George A. Vargo 12.4(1956): 300
Approaching our 200th Anniversary 31.3(1975): 245
Assessment of the Bicentennial by John W. Warner 32.4(1976): 247
At the end of the nineteenth century contributed by John Burke 54.1(1998): 5-6
Black and white and color freighters in literature 22.2(1966): 153-54
By land and sea by Herbert W. Dosey 11.1(1955): 10-16
Calming troubled waters: The organization, procedures and operations of the International Joint Commission by Michael F. Scheuer 36.1(1980): 4-11
Captains in procession by Anna Young 13.4(1957): 299-300
Charles Dickens on Lake Erie by David D. Anderson 17.1(1961): 25-30
Chicago kid 2.1(1946): 60-61
Cleveland Power Squadron 1.1(1945): 38-39; rep. 26.3(1970): 241
Come back again, for the first time by Alan W. Sweigert 46.4(1990): 298-99
Crews of the British Squadron at Put-in-Bay by Robert Malcolmson 51.2(1995): 16-29; 51.3(1995): 43
Crews on early Great Lakes vessels by Richard F. Palmer 49.4(1993): 259-62
Do all lawyers know? by Charles E Frohman - about the Western Reserve area of OH 30.3(1974): 183-85
Early Lake Erie island steamers in stereoscopic pictures by Merlin D. Wolcott 34.1(1978): 21-25
Early sailing on Lake Superior 26.2(1970): 152-53
Erie - The record of a lake by Kenneth Cottingham 16.2(1960): 131-37; 16.3(1960): 215-23
Extended Navigation Season Studied by Dwight Boyer 27.1(1971): 50-51
Extraordinary case of salvage by William Vessey -set in 1853 23.1(1967): 15-21
Farewell to shore by Myrtle Reynolds Adams 13.1(1957): 38
Fictitious islands of Lake Superior by Conrad E. Heidenreich 43.3(1987): 168-77
Firehold University by J. J. Garth - about working below decks 39.3(1983): 188-93
First American boat on Lake Ontario - 1789 32.3(1976): 224
First complete map of Great Lakes returns from England - 1641 45.3(1989): 155-56
Fishermen on Canadian Lake Superior: One hundred years by John L. Goodier 45.4(1989): 284-306
Fitting out on the Great Lakes 55.1(1999): 42-54
Five miles out and 100 feet down by Randall R Nelson 43.3(1987): 194-98
Ford-built cars once freighters were! 21.4(1965): 334-35
Formation and history of the "Greatest" Lakes by Russell McKee 22.4(1966): 283-94
From fur trading post to seaport by Anna G. Young 18.3(1962): 199-201
Ghosts of the Great Lake by Rowley W. Murphy - mentions the Minnedosa and J. P. Radenmuller, a lighthousekeeper 17.2(1962): 88-96; 17.3(1962): 195-201
Grand old Ladies of the Great Lakes by Alan W. Sweigert 45.4(1989): 237-45
Grant them a safe return 13.1(1957): 68-69
Great Lakes built sub rescued B-29 crew by Wayne B. Cahoon, Jr. 46.4(1990): 245-47
Great Lakes in ancient times and a glimpse into the future by E. B. Williams 18.2(1962): 87-95
Great Lakes in United States-Canadian relations: The first stock-taking by N. P. Dreisziger 28.4(1972): 259-71
Great Lakes overseas service, 1946-1957 14.2(1958): 149
Great Lakes, 1850 - 1861 by Andrew T. Brown 6.3(1950): 161-65; 6.4(1950): 234-39
Great Lakes: Molders of industry by Bertram B. Lewis 23.1(1967): 28-32
Hard days and nights of the Lakes 48.1(1992): 65
Hay scow by Richard Palmer 53.4(1997): 242-47
Historic ships of the Great Lakes 10.3(1954): 221
Historic shipwrecks of the Great Lakes by Dana Thomas Bowen - Capt. William P. Benham of the Nahant is mentioned 8.1(1952): 3-13
Horace Greeley on Michigan's Upper Peninsula by David D. Anderson 17.4(1962): 301-06
Horse Boy excerpted by Richard F. Palmer - position onboard ship 41.3(1985): 154-57
Hulett story by Eric Hirsimaki - about loading and unloading the cargoes 47.2(1991): 82-95
Hulls and engines 8.2(1952): 134
I, too, was fascinated by Ernest H. Rankin, Sr. 34.4(1978): 284-85, 293-95

Impact of the 1783 Treaty of Paris on the Great Lakes by Captain John H. Bruce 40.1(1984): 6-7
In retrospect by Dr. Julius F. Wolff, Jr. - about the Nov, 1976 32.2(1976): 122-24
Inland Seas of 1862 by Ernest H. Rankin, Sr. 34.1(1978): 26-31
Inland seas of North America: Our greatest natural resource by Edgerton B. Williams 26.2(1970): 91-101
International border excitement hides in dull documents by Richard F. Palmer 44.1(1988): 70-71
International hydrological decade by Beatrice Corbett 27.1(1971): 3-7
International Joint Commission's role in maintaining stable water levels by William R. Willoughby 28.2(1972): 109-18
Isle Royale Compact of 1844 by Russell M. Magnaghi 33.4(1977): 287-92
It'll never catch on, Mr. Ford - Henry Ford on the James A Farrell (Pittsburgh steamer) with Capt. Bailey in 1913 22.1(1966): 70-71
Lake Erie 12.3(1956): 212-14
Lake Erie Anecdote by DeForest Mellon 10.4(1954): 295
Lake Erie exploration to 1800: A selected list of materials in the Cleveland Public Library by P W McDermott 1.2(1945): 2-7
Lake harbors and commerce, 1840 18.1(1962): 53-54
Lake Michigan navigation in the 1850's by Ralph G. Plumb 7.4(1951): 229-36
Lake Michigan shipping 1830-1850 by R. G. Plumb 5.2(1949): 67-75
Lake Superior - 1854 by Ernest H. Rankin 19.4(1963): 311-17
Lake Superior - exploration and mapping by Deidre S. Tomaszewski 55.2(1999): 106-18
Lake Superior and early navigation by R. A. Brotherton 13.1(1957): 50-53
Lake trip on an ore carrier in 1897 12.3(1956): 216-18
Lakehead to the seas by Albert W. Bradley - trip through GL 15.2(1959): 149-51
Lakes as they looked in Moby Dick 12.3(1956): 209
Learn to sail in '76! 32.1(1976): 65
Magnitude of the Lakes - traveling on the Lakes 20.2(1964): 146
Major ports of the Great Lakes - Their tonnages and principal traffic in 1948 by Albert G. Ballert 8.2(1952): 113-17
Marine casualties on the Great Lakes 1863-1873: An analysis by David W. Francis 42.4(1986): 261-69
Marine Intelligence - recover hull from first steamer of Lake Superior 6.1(1950): 47-51
Men who sought stone for their daily bread by Richard Palmer - about stone hookers 47.4(1991): 251-52
Michigan State Naval Brigade by Duane Ernest Miller 45.3(1989): 157-64
Naval construction on the Great Lakes by Capt. Marvin H. Gluntz, US Navy 13.4(1957): 256-68
Navigation news of 1860 by Neil F. Morrison, Ph.D 16.4(1960): 283-88
Navigation on Lake Erie, 1825-1860 by Pamela Wilson Reeves 14.4(1958): 256-63; 15.1(1959): 55-60; 15.2(1959): 97-105; 15.3(1959): 200-06; 15.4(1959): 306-11; 16.1(1960): 25-31; 16.2(1960): 100-10
Navigation on the river - a steamer nearly sunk 8.4(1952): 285
Navigation to Detroit, 1860 - mentions the Ruby, Forester, Pearl, Sea Bird, John Wesley 18.1(1962): 50
New look on the Great Lakes by Gordon Macauley 9.2(1953): 92-96
New York Rule by George J. Joachim 41.2(1985): 130-35
News around the Lakes, 1895 18.3(1962): 228
Nostalgia by Etta F. Gilbert 11.4(1955): 299-300
November shipping disasters by Fred Landon 11.3(1955): 221-22
Old tar's twister by Richard F. Palmer 42.3(1986): 168-76; 43.4(1987): 252
One hundred years ago on Lake Ontario by Polly Rogers Hunt 9.3(1953): 217-19
One night on Lake Superior by Gregory W. Streb - set in 1942 52.3(1996): 167-68
Overnight passenger boat by William C. Robinson 25.1(1969): 49-56
Paterson sailors memorial - located in Ft Williams, Ont 23.1(1967): 72-73
Perils of late navigation on the Great Lakes by James Oliver Curwood 26.4(1970): 268-74
Philosophy of a sailor by H. C. Inches 10.1(1954): 64-65
Piracy on Lake Erie by Charles E. Frohman about steamboat Philo Parsons in Sept 1864 and Capt. Walter Ashley 14.3(1958): 172-80
Port your helm: The cross chain steering dilemma 100 years ago by John A. Burke 55.2(1999): 134-37
Recollections of life on the river by Don Naish 52.2(1996): 157-58, 156
Recollections of the Great Lakes, 1874-1944 by Lauchlen P. Morrison 4.3(1948): 173-76; 4.4(1948): 219-27; 5.1(1949): 52-53; 5.2(1949): 106; 6.1(1950): 106; 6.2(1950): 105-110; 6.3(1950): 177-84; 6.4(1950): 258-62; 7.1(1951): 46-53; 7.2(1951): 118-27
Remembering steamboating by Potter Kendall 49.2(1993): 82-83
Reminiscences of Lake Michigan by Ralph G. Plumb 8.3(1952): 147-54
Royal Naval establishment at Penetanguishene by Elsie McLeod Jury 25.3(1969): 213-16
Rum runners by Richard F. Palmer 45.4(1989): 246-49
Rumrunning on the Detroit River by Kathleen Warnes 53.3(1997): 170-77
Run for your money by Robert A. Zeleznik - about a ride on the Bob-Lo boat 16.3(1960): 239
Sailing ships on Lake Ontario by Richard F. Palmer 40.1(1984): 8-15
Salute to some old Lakes steamers by Helen Ball 37.2(1981): 114-15
Saturday, Nov 13, 1852 - value of a harbour 8.4(1952): 291
Scrimshaw - the art from the sea by Robert A. Curtis 43.4(1987): 276
Scuba diving for history on the Great Lakes by Lorenzo Marcolin 31.1(1975): 7-13
Serious Lake commerce -- how early? by Richard F. Palmer 48.3(1992): 224-25
Shipping - the next 100 years 23.4(1967): 334
Ships and Shores by Herbert W. Dosey 11.3(1955): 164-74
Sixty years ago: vessels lost in 1902 18.4(1962): 309
Slavery, succession and a steamer by Katherine Warnes - set in MI 1860 and mentions Joshua Glover, Sherman Booth, Garrett Barry and James A. Swan 50.4(1994): 246-51
Some business aspects of tanker transportation in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River areas by G. Keith Whynot 30.4(1974): 268, 277-86
Some summer observations by I. S. H. Metcalf 2.4(1946): 232-34
Spirit of '26 by Herbert W. Dosey - about rum running across Lake Erie during Prohibition. mentions Capt. George Redlen 9.2(1953): 119-24
Spring by Alan W. Sweigert 40.1(1984): 2-5
Ten days' tugboating by Lawson D. Browne, Captain - 1975 40.3(1984): 159-69
U.S. Lake Survey, 1841- 1974 by Frank A. Blust 32.2(1976): 91-104
Underwater exploration 9.1(1953): 71
Unique Great Lakes operation by James P. Barry 38.1(1982): 4-14
United States-Canadian treaties affecting Great Lakes commerce and navigation by Gilbert R. Johnson 3.4(1947): 203-07; 4.2(1948): 113-19
Waters astern by Herbert W. Dosey 8.1(1952): 14-22
Way things once were by Richard Palmer 53.2(1997): 129
Westward ho, on the waters of the Great Lakes! by Carl A. Norberg 46.4(1990): 275-78
When the airpower rode on paddle wheels by Commander John D. Alden, US Navy about WWII 18.2(1962): 119-22
Who should own the Lakes? Negotiations preceding the Treaty of Ghent by Michael F. Scheuer 38.4(1982): 236-44
Year-round navigation on the Great Lakes by Vice Adm. Paul E. Trimble 32.4(1976): 248-54
Your grandfather's diesel by George Wakefield 50.1(1994): 14-16

MERCHANT MARINES Page Index Kings Point (NY) Academy's contribution to the American Merchant Marine 6.3(1950): 144-52
They look to the sea for their future by Thomas B. Dancey visit to US Merchant Marine Cadet School in Pass Christian Mississippi 6.1(1950): 10-17
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