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    The small ferry FLORENCE M. at an unknown location - possibly Long Lake or Thunder Bay Island

    See Great Lakes Maritime Collection database for more information.

    The USS ARIZONA was launched June 19, 1915 and decommissioned on December 29, 1941 having been one of the vessels sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The vessel and crew visit

    See the Great Lakes Maritime Collection database for more information. Earl Shannon salvage operation.

    The Thunder Bay River at Alpena showing schooners and lumber stacks stretched along the river banks.

    The Thunder Bay River at Alpena showing schooners and lumber stacks stretched along the river banks.

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    Three vessels are moored in Thunder Bay River in Alpena, "City of Cleaveland", "City of Mackinac", and what I believe is the "Flora". In the background is a wood burner (also known as a Wigwam or Tee

    Grace or Grace Harbor is in Bearinger Township, Presque Isle County, Michigan. It was a village on Hammond Bay, Lake Huron, and was founded in 1893 by the Grace Lumber Lumber Company of Detroit. Raws

    Information taken from "Lumbering in Michigan" by Maria Quinlan.

    Ships in the Thunder Bay River below Second Avenue Bridge.

    This group of records contains information gathered from the Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library archive, input from the State of Michigan, and the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary t

    The Thunder Bay River at Alpena showing the lumber mills and stacks of lumber along the river banks.

    The Thunder Bay River at Alpena showing stacks of lumber along the river's edge waiting for transport.

    An unknown three-mast schooner is docked at the Butterfield and Crable Mill near Dock Street (North Second Avenue) and the swing bridge in the Thunder Bay River.

    The above was taken from "The Town That Wouldn't Die" by Robert Haltiner.

    The above was taken from "The Town That Wouldn't Die" by Robert Haltiner.

    Stacks of lumber along the Thunder Bay River waiting to be loaded on to ships. Prentiss Lumber Mill is at the center. Note the masts of schooners in the river.

    See the Great Lakes Maritime Collection database for more information on the PEWABIC and METEOR.

    The STEPHEN C. HALL (built 1880) sits on the far left. This vessel was owned by F.W. Gilchrist of Alpena. See the Great Lakes Maritime Collection database for more information on this vessel. Logs ar