Great lakes ships

After the northeast gets hit with yet another snowstorm, we remind ourselves that it could be worse: The ten snowiest places in the world, according to yearly accumulation.

Fifty years ago Tuesday, in the early morning hours of Nov, 29, 1966, the freighter Daniel J. Morrell was steaming up the Great Lakes, bound for Taconite Harbor to pick up a load of iron ore and st…

Iron ore docks are one of the most iconic symbols of the northern Great Lakes. From the last quarter of the 19th-century to the mid-20th century these enormous timber or steel/concrete structures d…

Edmund Fitzgerald 1975, photo by The Open Lake Group LLC Wade writes that this photo by Roger LeLievre of the Fitzgerald as she passes downbound in the St. Mary’s River off Six Mile Point is …

CANADIAN PROVIDER's approaching lock 1 in St. Catharines, Ontario. She's being pulled by the tug PROGRESS. She was towed from Hamilton to Port Weller Dry...

Pan Amoco – Amoco – H. R. Schemm – J. A. W. Iglehart 1936-Present J. A. W. Iglehart in the MacArthur Lock at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, on her final trip as an active carrier, Oc…

The burning of this historic boat 60 years ago marked the end of an era for Great Lakes travel.

The 639-foot Great Lakes freighter Mark W. Barker grounded Wednesday on Belle Isle on the Detroit River, but was later refloated without incident. The Mark W. Barker is known for...