Charlevoix, Michigan, circa 1900. The elegant Manitou is led from Round Lake into Lake Michigan by the venerable steam tug J. W. Parmelee. From a sublime color post card, published by The Rotograph Company, New York, and printed in Germany. William Lafferty Collection.
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You have found Lake Michigan Maritime Marginalia, a website devoted to the arcane of Lake Michigan's maritime history. Approximately every four to six weeks a new issue appears, copiously illustrated and recounting in comprehensive detail some obscure aspect of the lake's commercial navigation heritage. This site, best viewed with Microsoft Internet Explorer™, emanates from a server at Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, USA, where I, its creator, am a faculty member. No portion of this site can be reproduced or disseminated in any form without the expressed consent of myself and Wright State University.
Select from below the specific issue of Lake Michigan Maritime Marginalia you wish to peruse:
Volume 1, Number 1: "'A New Era in the History of Inland Water Transportation:' The Material Service." December 1998.
Volume 1, Number 2: "The Silly, the Tragic, and the Sad: The Mary M., Favorite, and Mineral City." February 1999.
Volume 1, Number 3: "Anatomy of a Fish Tug: The Jean R." May-June 1999.
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