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- 17th century work on Lake Erie by Gordon W. Thayer 9.3(1953):
220-21
1972 - A new era in Great Lakes transportation by T. A. Sykora
- about the Stewart J. Cort 28.2(1972): 131-33
947-mile voyage of the schooner White Fish in 1795 50.4(1994):
243
Aboard the Huron in 1910 by Clarence H. White 34.2(1978):
128-32
Aboard the Leopard by Harold C. Feightner set in 1926
and mentions Capt Joseph Matthews 14.1(1958): 61-65
Adrift on Lake Superior by Al Miller - about the search for Barge
115 53.2(1997): 83-90
Algoma argosy by Herbert W. Dosey - about the Norgoma
10.1(1954): 9-13
All around the mulberry bush by Erik Heyl - about the City
of Buffalo 17.4(1962): 273-78
Anchor Line: Tionesta, Juniata and Octorara by
William F. Rapprich 30.1(1974): 3-19
Anita by William C. Richardson, Jr. 33.4(1977): 320-21
Another Columbia 2.4(1946): 277
Ararat on the Great Lakes by Hyman Horowitz 4.2(1948):
120-23
Asia mystery by Russell Floren and Andrea Gutsche 51.1(1995):
16-19
Assiniboia and Keewatin celebrate golden anniversary
by W. R. Williams 13.2(1957): 148-49
Australia and the Success 3.2(1947): 106-112
B. F. Wade Pitcher 8.3(1952): 213
Bad day at Grand Haven by Alexander C. Meakin - mentions the
Jesse Martin on Nov 30, 1882 48.1(1992): 36-40
Barque Arabia. 1853-1884 research by Pat Willoughby Text
and photography by Dan Orr 41.1(1985): 50-56
Beached in a storm by Minnie Sweet Monti - about her experience
on the Sophia Minch in July, 1879 1.3(1945): 46-49
Beautiful North West by Lillian Roemer 51.3(1995): 9-18
Bell from Lake Erie - from the G. P. Griffith 30.3(1974):
221
Bell of the Fitzgerald by Carol Johnson 51.3(1995): 6-8
Benjamin F. Wade again 8.1(1952): 64
Benjamin F. Wade steamer by Capt. L. B. Goldsmith 7.4(1951):
276
Bicycling on the Christopher Columbus by Richard F. Palmer
52.4(1996): 264-65
Biography of the schooner C. H. Hadley lumber hooker.
. . trader. . . pirate vessel by Carl A. Norberg 37.4(1981):
244-51
Boat named Lotus by George Wakefield 44.3(1988): 205-08
Bonhomme Richard located 32.4(1976): 321
Boy's quick eye and peril on board the Ariadne by George
L. Kilmer, submitted by Richard Palmer 51.3(1995): 19-21
Brief history of the Huron Lightship by J. O. Castagnera
26.3(1970): 185-87
Brig Columbia, Justice Wells, master by Clarence A. Metcalf
1.3(1945): 42-45
Brig Sleipner by Herbert Walter Dosey - about Capt. Hans
Jacob Wage 20.3(1964): 215-16
Building the Lord Nelson by Emily Cain 41.2(1985): 121-29
Burning in of the tug Vulcan by C. S. Metcalf 11.1(1955):
66-67
Burning of the Atlanta 3.1(1947): 49-50
Burning of the Champlain 6.2(1950): 89-92
Burning of the Erie 4.3(1948): 195-99
Burning of the G. P. Griffith 12.3(1956): 214-15
Burning of the Kenosha 14.4(1958): 318
Burning of the Ocean Wave by Roy F. Fleming 13.3(1957):
226-28
Burning of the Phoenix by William A. McDonald 14.1(1958):
26-35
Burning of the steamboat Erie 1.1(1945): 41-42
Burning of the steamship Erie, August 1841 by Roy F. Fleiming
29.3(1973): 177-81
Burning of the Wisconsin by Richard Palmer 51.4(1995):
11-20, 49
Butcher's Boy and Butcher's Maid by W. R. Williams
9.3(1953): 224
Canadiana sails again by Dan Weber 14.2(1958): 154-55
Canaller's soliloquy by Anna G. Young - about the Kenora
23.1(1967): 3-14
Canoe Cruise by Herbert W. Dosey about "Shark" of 1923
12.2(1956): 138-40
Capricious captain submitted by Frank Jerome - about the SS
Warimoo and Capt John D S Phillips in 1899 53.2(1997): 81-82
Capsizing of the Scobell, sand sucker by Charles H. White
36.2(1980): 101-02
Capt C. D. Secord, will they find your golden rivets? by Raymond
C. Burke 24.3(1968): 234-37
Captain Zealand and the Orion by David Beasley - in 1871
45.1(1989): 31-48
Cartiercliffe Hall fire by Dr. Julius F. Wolff, Jr. 35.3(1979):
196-200
Challenge by Carl A. Norberg 44.4(1988): 301-03
Chicago's last day-excursion ship by George Vargo - about the
ship City of Grand Rapids 10.1(1954): 68
Chief Wawatam by Carol Johnson 38.3(1982): 228
Choice of the crew of the Maplehurst by Frederick W. Mikho
43.3(1987): 164-67
Christian Radich brings Norse cadets to Great Lakes 20.3(1964):
226
Christmas Tree ship - covers about Rouse Simmons 18.3(1962):
240
Christopher Columbus by Ernest H. Rankin 23.4(1967): 302-04,
313-15
Christopher Columbus, a favorite in her day 29.2(1973):
128
City of Buffalo by A. T. Killmer - about Capt. William
H. Smith, Frank Stockton, Phil Dewan, Frank Ott, Peter A McKinnon,
John Sullivan, David Donaldson and the A. H. MacLachlen 19.2(1963):
104-112
City of Detroit by Walter Remick 14.2(1958): 155
City of Detroit III launched 27.1(1971): 55-56
City of Quebec by Erik Heyl 13.2(1957): 131-37
City of St Joseph 4.3(1948): 205
City of the Straits 13.1(1957): 60-65
City of Winnipeg 14.3(1958): 231
Cleveco keeps her secret by Pat Garling - about oil barge and
salvager J. Rodney King 17.3(1962): 177-80
Coastal packet on Lake Superior by Julius F. Wolff, Jr. - about
the freighter L. Goldfish and Capt S L Goldfish 22.3(1966):
179-84
Collision off the Pierhead by Julius F. Wolff, Jr - about the
Thomas Wilson with Capt. McCameron and the George G
Hadley and Capt. Mike Fitzgerald 20.1(1964): 15-20
Comet/Mayflower by Walter Lewis 41.2(1985): 112-20
Coming-out party by Dan Weber - about the John Sherwin,
ore carrier 14.2(1958): 150
Convict ship Success 2.4(1946): 276
Creation of a Giant - about the George M. Humphrey 11.1(1955):
67
Cruise on Lake Erie, 1899 by the Crew of Put-in-the-bay
29.2(1973): 91-98
Cruise Ship Museum - about the Keewatin 26.2(1970): 171
Dart was the target by William McDonald 18.1(1962): 47-50
David Dows 1.3(1945): 54
Dean Richmond by C. J. Dow about the package freighter
and Capt. George W. Stoddard 7.1(1951): 41-45
Demise of the schooner La Petite by Dana Thomas Bowen
32.1(1976): 28-31
Details of passage: The Wm. Cary by Robert Grunst 40.2(1984):
100-05
Disaster at Marblehead by Merlin D. Wolcott - about Empire
in 1857 15.1(1959): 36-38
Disaster on Isle Royale by Fred Landon - about the Algoma
and Capt. Moore 21.4(1965): 288-93
Disaster on the Thames River, near London, Ontario by Roy F.
Fleming - about the 1881 incident with the steamer Victoria
15.4(1959): 299-305
Discovery of the wreckage of the Griffon by Rowley Murphy
11.4(1955): 232-42; 12.1(1956): 41-53
Drummond 7.2(1951): 140
Dues must be paid by Paul Schmitt - mentions Capt. Fitcher and
the M E Trumble 35.4(1979): 279-82
E M Ford by Patrick Lapinski 55.2(1999): 90-95
East Indian of Detroit by Irl V. Beau 30.1(1974): 20-28
Eastland - a half-century ago by J. L. Elliott 21.2(1965):
115-21
Editor finds why a ship is different by Louis B. Seltzer - about
the S. S. South American 26.3(1970): 195-97
Edmund Fitzgerald by Philip N. Cristal 14.2(1958): 120-22
Edmund Fitzgerald maiden season by Edward Chaput 52.1(1996):
70-73
Edward K. comes in by George P. Wakefield 32.4(1976):
289-93
Elopement on the James Madison by Kathleen Warnes - about
Capt Robert C. Bristol and Josephine Hamot 52.1(1996): 27-29
Encore: "Shanghai" by W. O. Stubig 43.1(1987): 8-9
Engines salvaged from lake depths powered the Manitoba
by Fred Landon 26.4(1970): 313-15
Erie episode by Ralph C. Folkman 32.4(1976): 294-97
Erie Queen 18.3(1962): 233
Erie-Tashmoo race (occurred June 4, 1901) by A. T. Zillmer
8.1(1952): 41-48
Eureka's voyage to the gold fields, 1849-1850 by Florence
M. Gifford 13.2(1957): 105-09
Explosion of the American Eagle by Capt. Rip Rap 9.2(1953):
141-43
Explosion on the USS Michigan by Herbert R. Spencer 16.1(1960):
32-35
Extracts from the log: Schooner Augusta submitted by Paul
H. Gibbs - mentions Capt S G Gibbs 45.2(1989): 117-31
Eye witness reports of the burning on the Niagara edited
by William A. McDonald 12.3(1956): 195-202
F. & P. M. No. 1 by Frances Caswell Hanna - about
the steamer 10.4(1954): 296
Famous race - about the Erie-Tashmoo race 8.1(1952): 67
Fascinating life of a Great Lakes passenger steamboat Man
by Thomas Andrew Sykora 37.3(1981): 189-94
Ferries out of Owen Sound by Gordon Macauley - about wooden steamer
Caribou and Capt. Arthur Batten 21.2(1965): 92-102; 21.3(1965):
194-209
Fever ship docking - Milwaukee! by Kathleen Warnes 53.4(1997):
252-55
Fifty years ago about the SS Keewatin shipwreck 16.1(1960):
67
Finding of the vanished Waubano by Teddy Remick 16.4(1960):
289-90
Finding the Keystorm by Teddy Remick 18.3(1962): 205-06
First European ship direct to Chicago by Carl A. Norberg - mentions
the Sleipner and Capt Hans Jacob Waage 42.2(1986): 75-77
First iron vessel on the Great Lakes by Clarence S. Metcalf -
about the USS Michigan 13.1(1957): 24-28
First steamboat on the Great Lakes by Richard F. Palmer - mentions
the Ontario and Sackett's Harbor, NY 44.1(1988): 7-20
First steamboat trip on Lake Superior - about the Independence
in 1845 11.4(1955): 297
First U.S. ore carrier trip into the Seaway by James Gallagher
- mentions E G Grace 41.2(1985): 89-99
Fish tug Johanna by Robert C. Grunst 53.2(1997): 97-108
Fish tug named Energy by Robert Gnunst 41.2(1985): 82-88
Fisherman gets 100-year-old haul - about wreckage found four
miles off Richmondville in 1960 16.4(1960): 318
Five for twenty-five by Frederick C. Curry - about the Old
Britannic 14.3(1958): 215-20
Five North Stars 2.2(1946): 132
Flying Dutchman of Lake Superior by Ken Dickson - mentions the
A L Hopkins and Capt Dixon 50.2(1994): 104-10
Foot of Madison Street, Toledo by J. R. Starr - set in 1905 about
the City of Alpena 20.2(1964): 92-98
Found: The wreck of the S.S. Regina by Paul J. Schmitt
43.2(1987): 82-93
Foundering of Manasoo and Hibou by W. R. Williams
15.4(1959): 283-87
Francisco Morazan stranding recalls similar disasters by Arthur
C. and Lucy F. Frederickson 17.1(1961): 10-14
Freakish turnover - about the St Magnus 3.1(1947): 47-48
Frigate U.S.S. Manitowoc by Lawrence Carroll Allin 44.2(1988):
108-13
From cattle boat to passenger steamer by Fred Landon - about
the Campana 17.3(1962): 187-89
From salt to fresh water - or, the story of Cliffs Victory
by Ernest Kirkwood 16.3(1960): 203-06
From the S. S. Lee A. Tregurtha by Kenneth & Bonnie
Dickson 49.4(1993): 273-83
Frontier: Handmaiden to giants by Stephen A. Blossom 39.1(1983):
4-21
Frustrated ferry by Dorothy Trebilcock - about the City of
Midland 41 33.4(1977): 334-35
Gale-shattered Wabuana by W. R. Williams 11.1(1955): 52-55
General Hamilton and the Scourge by Richard F. Palmer
38.4(1982): 252-59
George M. Humphreys 8.4(1952): 282
George T. Hope by Julius F. Wolff, Jr. 22.2(1966): 144-45
Gladstone by William Maher Howell 52.3(1996): 169-73
Glamatic Yantic by Bert C. Brennan 2.4(1946): 224-31
Good fishing 1812 warship is found - either the Summers'
or Ohio's anchor 7.2(1951): 139
Goodrich boat Carolina once runs guns to Cuba by Arthur
C. and Lucy F. Frederickson 18.4(1962): 308-09
Governor Mason by Professor Carl Bejema 54.1(1998): 10-16
Grand Haven rig by Richard F. Palmer 43.3(1987): 157-58
Great Lakes cruise - Greek style by Alexander B. Cook- about
the Stella Maris 30.3(1974): 178-82
Great Lakes excursion: 1847 style by Mentor L. Williams - steamer
St Louis - Capt Frederick S. Wheeler July 5-17, 1847 6.3(1950):
153-60
Great Lakes' first submarine - L. D. Phillips' fool killer
by Patricia A. Gruse Harris 39.3(1983): 163-66
Great Lakes in Niles' National Register: about Northern Ohio
in 1813 5.2(1949): 118-21; 6.3(1950): 189-92
Great Lakes lady bares her fangs by Capt. John J. Manley - about
the USS Wolverine 14.1(1958): 58-60
Great Lakes ports: Chicago by Theodore S. Charrney - mentions
the Rouse Simmons 43.4(1987): 242
Great Lakes self-unloader jumboized by Wesley R. Harkins - about
the Detroit Edison 22.2(1966): 155
Great Lakes ship found - thought to be the New Brunswick
37.2(1981): 155
Great ship Seeandbee: unforseen obstacles by A. T Zillmer
- sidewheel steamer 13.4(1957): 283-87
Great warship that waited and waited and . . . by Richard F.
Palmer - mentions New Orleans and Chippewa 40.4(1984):
272-85
Green Bay mystery schooner by Dana Thomas Bowen - involves Capt.
Frank Hoffman in 1967 25.4(1969): 267-78
Green Bay mystery ship may sail again by Clint Dunathan - may
be the sloop Alvin Clark 26.1(1970): 82-83
Griffon again 2.1(1946): 62
Griffon tercentenary by Theodore N. Ferris 35.3(1979):
192-95
Griffon wreckage at R T Tobermory by Rowley Murphy 12.4(1956):
275-85
Gross and unprovoked outrage: Niagara incident by Harvey
Strum 48.4(1992): 284-90
Grounding of the William C. Warren 1947 assembled by Robert
L Larsen 41.1(1985): 3-8
Hail and Farewell by David T. Glick - about the Ranger II
and III in 1950 14.4(1958): 306-07
Hail and farewell, lovely Lady of the Lakes by Esther Rice Battenfeld
- about the S. S. South American 23.4(1967): 267-76
Halifax explosion and the Cutter Morrill by Irl V Beall
23.3(1967): 179-90
Happy Birthday America by Alexander C. Meakin 53.4(1997):
256-73
Happy landing on the Lakes by Haviland F. Reves - about Aquarama
15.2(1959): 106-13
Harbor disaster by James R. Ward - about Capt Charles Moody on
the ship Christopher Columbus in 1917 16.2(1960): 95-99
Harrowing loss of the schooner Jo Vilas by Brendon Baillod
53.3(1997): 219-21
Heroes of the Clarion by Lou Rauh - mentions the Monroe
and the Hanna 54.4(1998): 254-56
Historic shipwrecks of the Great Lakes by Dana Thomas Bowen -
Capt. William P. Benham of the Nahant is mentioned 8.1(1952):
3-13
Historic thirty-six hours of Superior seamanship submitted by
John J. Kelley - about Capt Henry Kelley and the Peter A B
Widener 40.2(1984): 82-88; 44.3(1988): 197-203
Huge freighter crushes tiny gravel boat - involved the Lillie
and the Dunnelm 23.3(1967): 240
Hunter Savidge disaster recalled by John Kaufman - about
Capt. Sharpsteen 21.3(1965): 233-35
Hunter Savidge schooner 8.2(1952): 136
Huron river trip by George P. Wakefield - about the ship Idaho
and Capt. Lew Stine 22.3(1966): 226-27
Ice Breaker Mackinaw 1.2(1945): 38-40
Incredible samaritan: The packet L. Goldish by Julius
F. Wolff, Jr. 39.3(1983): 167-73
Iron boats don't drift ashore by David D. Swayze - about the
sinking of the Java 52.2(1996): 147-51
It's Tuesday. That's the Boyer. by Alan W. Sweigert 41.1(1985):
46-49
J T Wing 4.3(1948): 206-07
J. H. Sheadle in the great storm of 1913 by Capt. S. A.
Lyons 12.1(1956): 16-23
J. J. Hill's yacht about the Wacouta 29.2(1973): 98
James Fenimore Cooper and the Navy Brig Oneida by Richard
F. Palmer 40.2(1984): 90-99
Jane Miller Mystery by W. R . Williams - about the wooden
steamer captained by R. D. Port 21.4(1965): 300-01
Just what was the cause of the Eastland disaster? by Capt.
Merwin S. Thompson 15.3(1959): 200-06
Kent and the London 16.3(1960): 233
Key to the sheer pan of the Griffon by Rowley Murphy 12.1(1956):
34
Kil-mac-krennan by W. O. Stubig 11.2(1955): 144-45
Kiowa by Jay Joslyn 54.3(1998): 184-88
Knickerbocker: A vessel of unfulfilled hope by John H.
Yzenbaard 29.1(1973): 47-49
L. D. Browning (ex Coralia) Portrayed 27.3(1971):
229
Lake Erie schooner trade in 1838: 26 days aboard the Wyandot
by Edward S. Warner 42.3(1986): 184-88
Lake Erie steamboat - the Superior 7.3(1951): 202
Largest Canadian freighter by Gordon Macauley - about Scott
Misener 10.2(1954): 139
Largest lake vessel, 1898 - about Samuel F B Mather 32.3(1976):
225
Largest schooner (1881) in the world revisited by Kenneth R Dickson
- mentions the David Dows 42.1(1986): 2-11
Last American beam engine boat on the Lakes - abou the Montauk
2.3(1946): 207-08
Last Cliffs Steamer into Cleveland by Alan W. Sweigert - about
the William C Mather 44.4(1988): 261-63
Last day of the Western Reserve by Janice H. Gerred 44.1(1988):
5-6
Last of the Great Lakes schooners: The Lyman M. Davis
by Richard F. Palmer 51.1(1995): 2-15
Last of the sidewheelers by Dan M. Weber 13.1(1957): 5-9
Last of the Western States by Lawson Browne 35.1(1979):
27-34
Last trip of the S. S. Atlanta by Capt. D. J. McGarity
13.4(1957): 288-90
Last six months of the Wells Burt by Richard Gebhart 49.4(1993):
308-13
Last trip of the Bruce Mines, November 1854 by Roy F.
Fleming - mentions Capt Frederick McKenzie Fraser and Mate Duncan
Lambert 28.4(1972): 287-91
Last trip of the J. F. Card by McLeod Orford - mentions
Kenneth McNaughton 22.3(1966): 192-95
Last trip of the steamer Perseverance by Richard F. Palmer
47.3(1991): 161-64
Last voyage of the S.S. Sylvania by Alan W. Sweigert 40.2(1984):
107-09
Launching the first steam yacht (in 1864) by S. J. Kelly - about
the Octavia 31.2(1975): 143
Le Griffon: A new view by Kenneth S. Atkins 46.3(1990):
162-69
Leafield was unlucky by W R Williams 3.3(1947): 143-44
Legend of a steamer: John J Boland by Patrick Lapinski
53.1(1997): 15-24
Leo Disaster 7.2(1951): 130-31
Life aboard the Lucia A. Simpson in 1926 by Carl A. Norberg
52.3(1996): 161-66
Life aboard the schooner Lucia A. Simpson in 1926 by Carl
A. Norberg 36.4(1980): 264-68
Life in sawn timber - about schooner Pioneer which was
buried in 1866 14.3(1958): 230
Life line of America by Lawrence A. Pomeroy - about Capt. Joseph
Richardson and Howard M. Hanna, Jr. 7.1(1951): 13-20
Lighthouse Tender Marigold by Janice H. Gerred 44.4(1988):
234-35
Log of the Tourist by Kenneth Dickson 54.3(1998): 199-205
Logbook of the schooner Chippewa by Dorothy V. Martin
13.2(1957): 156
Lone Sailor by Ribert W. Thom - about Capt. Fred Henman and Lady
of the Lakes in 1898 10.2(1954): 140-41
Lonely vigil by Clare Allen - about John McDonald and the ship
B. W. Druckenmiller 19.1(1963): 65-66
Loss of Lightship No. 82 by Patrick Murphy 31.1(1975):
28-33
Loss of the Africa and the Severn by Roy F. Fleming
- includes Capt. Larsen and Capt. James Silverside 19.4(1963):
284-87
Loss of the Bannockburn by Fred Landon 13.4(1957): 303-05
Loss of the Cyrus and her captain by Teddy Remick - about
Capt. Frank B. Huyck 21.2(1965): 126-28
Loss of the N. J. Nessen by Paul J. Schmitt 38.1(1982):
26-30
Loss of the North Star 8.4(1952): 283
Loss of the Oneida 19.3(1963): 203
Loss of the propeller Ohio 10.3(1954): 220
Loss of the steam barge W. L. Brown by Arthur C. and Lucy
F. Frederickson - includes Capt F. W. Spafford 19.3(1963): 217-19
Loss of the steamer Atlantic by Gerry Barker - told by
Amos Girdwood, wheelsman 20.3(1964): 211-14
Loss of the Western Reserve by Fred Landon - about the
only survivor, Harry W Stewart 20.4(1964): 323-26
Lure of the Great Lakes kept this sailor from the Dempsey fight
by Walter Watson - set in 1918 and the Jay Gould 46.4(1990):
318-19
Lure of the Lakes by George P. Wakefield - mentions the Skelle
44.2(1988): 124-28
Madeira by James Keller 39.2(1983): 84-90
Magnificent Noronic by Nancy A. Schneider 52.4(1996):
241-49
Maneuver of mercy - about the Carl D Bradley 15.1(1959):
81
Manitoulin Griffon vs. the Tobermory Griffon compiled
by Frank A. Myers 12.2(1956): 142-49
Marine Intelligence by Captain John - about the steamer Vandalia
2.2(1946): 123
Marine intelligence of other days by Capt. John - about the Illinois
2.3(1946): 201
Marine Intelligence: Reindeer (tug) and Capt. S. L. Keeler
6.2(1950): 121-22
Marine Monster: The George T Hope 23.1(1967): 62
Mather experience by Rebecca McKinnell 46.2(1990): 97-98
Mather through the years by Alan W Sweigert - pictures
46.2(1990): 84-91
Mather volunteers at work by Alan W. Sweigert - pictures
46.2(1990): 112-16