Scenes from the Past > Grampa in Marine City, Michigan, by the St. Clair River.  Car ferry to Sombra, Ontario in the background.  Photo 2004.
Scenes from the Past > Salt works at Algonac, Michigan.  Louis Pesha photo 5878.
Scenes from the Past > Schooner Azov under tow on the St. Clair River, Michigan.

Built by  John Wellington Simpson, Square (Hamilton), Ontario 1866.

Capsized and foundered during gale on October 22, 1911, twenty miles east x north from Point aux Barques, MI, Lake Huron. Hull drifted about sixty miles and finally sank off Port Elgin, Ontario. Captain McDonald, wife, son and crew, in jury-rigged yawl boat, arrived safely in Goderich, Ontario, Canada.
Scenes from the Past > White Star Line Summer Schedule.  "Three Boats Daily for the Flats. Tashmoo Park, Port Huron, Sarnia, and River Ports."  "America's Finest River Ride".

Taken from an old Detroit United Railway (DUR) map published ca. 1916-1922.
Scenes from the Past > Ships docked at Sarnia, Ontario, Canada near the Blue Water Bridge on the St. Clair River.  Photo taken from river walk near Thomas Edison Inn in Port Huron, Michigan, December 1985 by Gene Buel.
Scenes from the Past > Ships in ice on St. Clair River, Michigan.
Scenes from the Past > McLouth Shipyards, Marine City, Michigan.  Ferry John D. Johnson.  Yacht Stellaris to the far left.
Scenes from the Past > Palmer Park, St. Clair, Michigan looking west  from St. Clair River ca. 1920s?
Scenes from the Past > Aerial view of St. Clair, Michigan looking east over the St. Clair River toward Cananda.
Grampa in Marine City, Michigan, by the St. Clair River. Car ferry to Sombra, Ontario in the background. Photo 2004.
Scenes from the Past > Grampa in Marine City, Michigan, by the St. Clair River.  Car ferry to Sombra, Ontario in the background.  Photo 2004.
Grampa in Marine City, Michigan, by the St. Clair River. Car ferry to Sombra, Ontario in the background. Photo 2004.
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