Historical Collections of the Great Lakes

Introduction | Historical Note | Scope and Content | Series Description | Inventory

 Introduction

Transportation company literature in the forms of timetables and brochures has been acquired by the Historical Collections of the Great Lakes from a variety of sources since the 1970s. This collection is available for photocopying for scholarly purposes and literary rights have been dedicated to the public.

Processing for this collection was completed in January 1994 by Mark J. Barnes.

 Historical Note

Passenger vessel service in the Great Lakes region is known to have begun as early as the 1770s in the form of a ferry across the Niagara River at Black Rock, New York. In becoming a portion of the empires of corporate giants such as the New York Central Railroad, passenger transportation on the lakes evolved along with other businesses in the technological revolutions of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

In 1844 the Privat brothers of Toronto began ferry service with a two horsepower engine. Literally, the PENINSULA PACKET was powered with a treadmill operated with two horses that walked in tandem to propel the boat. In a century's time, passengers cruised the Great Lakes aboard vessels rivalling ocean liners for luxury and technological sophistication.

Ferry service at Black Rock and Toronto began as a practical means for solving a transportation need. By the 1880s, citizens of the United States and Canada were traveling for pleasure. The writings of Henry Rowe Schoolcraft and others had created a desire to see the upper Great Lakes region. Tourism developed and new shipping companies entered the market. Increases in ore and grain traffic by 1875 were accompanied by vacationers destined for the remote areas of Georgian Bay and Lake Superior.

Advertising in the form of brochures and standard timetables for voyages began to appear in large quantities in the competition four tourist revenue. This collection of transportation company literature provides readers with documentation of the rapid development of the excursion trade in the Great Lakes region after 1870.

 Scope and Content

The timetables and brochures from Great Lakes transportation companies contained in this 1.5 cubic foot collection document the growth of the leisure travel industry in the United States and Canada. Material from these companies concentrates on passenger and automobile cargo rather than ore, lumber, or stone shipments. Items date from 1859 to 1991 and provide readers with decades worth of information on the growth of tourism in the Great Lakes region.

Illustrated with photographs and color drawings, transportation company literature reflects the mass marketing idea that vacationing in the Great Lakes is healthy, relaxing, adventurous and convenient. The types of vessels used in lake service are depicted in visually appealing forms to promote tourist traffic. Hotels and other resort accommodations receive complete descriptions.

Represented in significant quantities are companies engaged in Lake Michigan crossings from Ludington and Muskegon, Michigan to Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Chicago, Illinois. Tourism at Mackinac Island, Michigan and in the St. Lawrence River valley is also extensively covered.

 Series Description

PRINTED MATERIAL

PRINTED MATERIAL
1.5 cubic feet
Boxes 1-3
Arranged alphabetically by company name
Series contains Great Lakes area transportation company literature in the form of timetables and informational brochures. These items date from 1859 to 1991, but are primarily twentieth century publications. More than seventy companies are represented.

 Inventory

Box 1: A-C

Folder 1: Ann Arbor Railroad Timetables

1. 1937: Auto Ferry across Lake Michigan via Ann Arbor Railroad
2. 1941: Auto Ferry across Lake Michigan via Ann Arbor Railroad
3. 1945, 1947, 1956: Auto Ferry across Lake Michigan
4. 1964-1967, 1969, 1971: Ann Arbor Railroad Car Ferry Schedule
5. 1977: The Lake Michigan Short Cut: Ann Arbor Car Ferry
6. 1981: Your Lake Michigan Short Cut between Michigan and Wisconsin

Folder 2: Arnold Transit Company Timetables

1. 1936: Mackinac, the Island of Romance: Summer Schedules via Steamboats and Speed Cruisers of Arnold Transit Company
2. 1950, 1953: Mackinac Island, St. Ignace, Mackinaw City through Beautiful Les Cheneaux Islands: Service Schedules and Speed Cruiser Service
3. 1966-67, 1969: Mackinac Island Service Schedules
4. 1970-71, 1973-77: Scenic Mackinac Island Route
5. 1978: Mackinac Island--Arnold Line and Straits Transit
6. 1979-80: Mackinac Island Ferry Arnold Line and Straits Transit
7. 1981-83: Mackinac Island Ferry Arnold Transit Co.
8. 1984: Arnold Mackinac Island Ferry
9. 1990: Arnold Mackinac Island Catamarans 1990 Ferry Schedule

Folder 3: Ashley & Dustin Steamer Line Timetables

1. 1912, 1931, 1937, 1945: Ashley & Dustin Steamer Line Put-in-Bay Route

Folder 4: Barry Muskegon Line Timetables

1. No date: Barry Muskegon Line Steamers

Folder 5: Beaver Island Boat Company Timetables

1. 1974: Cruise with us to Beautiful Historic Beaver Island--America's Emerald Isle

Folder 6: Benton Transit Company Message Book

1. 1913: Compliments of Benton Transit Co.

Folder 7: Bob-Lo Brochures and Timetables

1. Brochures--n.d.: Bob-Lo--Where Fun Begins
2. Timetables--1952: Bob-Lo 1952 Sailing Schedule
3. Timetables--1962: For a Quick Sightseeing Tour of Detroit Go Cruising on the Bob-Lo Steamers Three Hour Ride on the Detroit River
4. Timetables--1967, 1969: In Detroit Don't Miss that Bob-Lo Cruise
5. Timetables--1974: Don't Miss the All Day Boat Trip Detroit to Port Huron
6. Timetables--1983: Bob-Lo Island Take Someone You Love!
7. Timetables--n.d.: For a Quick Sightseeing Tour of Detroit Go Cruising on the Bob-Lo Steamers Three Hour Ride on the Detroit River
8. Timetables--n.d.: In Detroit Don't Miss that Bob-Lo Cruise

Folder 8: G. A. Boeckling Co. Brochures

1. n.d.: Cedar Point on Lake Erie--Your Vacation Home--The Breakers Hotel

Folder 9: Canada Steamship Lines

1. Brochure--1903: Among the 30,000 Islands of Georgian Bay
2. Brochure--1934: The Normandy of the New World
3. Timetable--1902: To Georgian Bay and Mackinac via Northern Navigation Co. of Ontario Ltd.
4. Timetable--1920, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1937: Niagara to the Sea--Canada Steamship Lines, Ltd.
5. Timetable--1921: Norhtern Navigation Company Limited--Owned by Canada Steamship Lines Great Lakes Cruises
6. Timetable--1938: S. S. Richelieu Cruises Shipboard Vacations on the Lower St. Lawrence St. Lawrence and Saguenay Rivers

Folder 10: Canada Steamship Lines Timetables

1. 1940: From Niagara to the Sea
2. 1944: Fascinating All Expense Vacations on Canada's Glorious Inland Waterways
3. 1945: Fascinating Trips on the Breezy Great Lakes Aboard Largest Finest Lake Liners
4. 1945: Cruise on Canada's Famous Lake Liners
5. 1947: Canada Steamship Lines Presents the Detroit-Duluth Cruise
6. 1955: S. S. Richelieu Cruises 1955 through Lovely French Canada
7. 1960: 1960 Vacation Cruises on the Majestic St. Lawrence and Saguenay Rivers
8. 1964: S. S. Richelieu Cruises

Folder 11: Canada Steamship Lines Subsidiary--Northern Navigation Co.

1. Newsletters, ca. 1915: The Northern Navigator, v. 1 nos. 1-6
2. Newsletters, ca. 1929-30: CSC Chart, Northern Navigation Edition, v. 15 no. 6
3. Timetables, 1916, 1920: Northern Navigation Co. Limited Great Lakes Cruises
4. Timetables, 1920: Northern Navigation Co Limited Grand Trunk Route Schedule, 1920
5. Timetables, 1937: Northern Navigation Division of the Canada Steamship Line Limited Time Tables 1937
6. Timetables, n.d.: Day Trips from Detroit

Folder 12: Canadian National Railways Brochures

1. 1926: Muskoka Lake, Highlands of Ontario, A Land of Lakes and Valleys
2. 1926: The Muskoka Lakes and the Hundred Mile Cruise

Folder 13: Canadian National Steamers

1. Brochures--1935: Visit Canada, Take a Trip from Buffalo and Niagara Falls to Toronto
2. Timetables--1935: Canadian National Steamers
3. Timetables--1949: Canadian National Steamers Time Table

Folder 14: Canadian Pacific Railway

1. Brochures--1926: Muskoka Lakes
2. Brochures--1942, 1946: Cruise the Great Lakes
3. Brochures--1949-1950, 1952, n.d.: Go the Canadian Pacific Great Lakes Way
4. Brochures--1954, 1957, 1960: Go the Great Lakes Way by Canadian Pacific
5. Timetables--1897: Upper Lake Steamships
6. Timetables--1945: Great Lakes Happy Holiday Cruises through Inland Seas
7. Timetables--1946: Cruise the Great Lakes
8. Timetables--1947, 1949-51, 1954, 1957: Canadian Pacific Great Lakes Steamship Service

Folder 15: Cayuga Steamship Co. Timetables

1. 1954-55: S. S. Cayuga Timetable

Folder 16: Champlain Trasnportation Co. Timetable

1. 1946: Map and Guide to the Champlain Streamline Ferries

Folder 17: Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Timetables

1. 1964-65: C & O Auto Ferries: The Short Route into and out of Michigan and the Northwest
2. 1967-68: C & O Cross lake Michigan Autoferry Service: The Short Route Between Michigan and the Northwest
3. 1971: 1971 C & O Cross Lake Michigan Autoferry Service
4. 1973, 1977: Chessie System Cross Lake Michigan Autoferry Service
5. 1981, 1983: Chessie System Railroads Lake Michigan Autoferry Service

Folder 18: Chicago and South Haven Steamship Co. Timetables

1. 1924: South Haven and Michigan Points

Folder 19: Chicago, Duluth and Georgian Bay Transit Co.

1. Menu Cards--1947: Welcome Aboard SS South American
2. Menu Cards--1947: SS South American
3. Menu Cards--1951: 88th Annual Convention American Association of Passenger Traffic Officers
4. Timetables--1925: A Week's Cruise on Four Lakes
5. Timetables--1940: Cruise the Great Lakes the American Way with the Georgian Bay Line
6. Timetables--1943, 1946: Great Lakes Cruises
7. Timetables--1948: Enjoy Early September on the Great Lakes Georgian Bay Line
8. Timetables--1948: Plan Now...A Carefree Vacation on the Lakes in 1948
9. Timetables--1949: Georgian Bay Line--Mackinac Island All Expense Vacations
10. Timetables--1955-57: special Great Lakes Labor Day Week-End Cruises to Famous Mackinac Island
11. Timetables--1958: Special Labor Day Week-End and St. Lawrence Seaway Great Lakes Cruises

Folder 20: Chicago, Duluth and Georgian Bay Transit Co.

1. Menu Cards--n.d.: The Georgian Bay Line, SS North American, SS South American
2. Menu Cards--n.d.: Georgian Bay Line, SS North American
3. Timetables--1960: 3 Special Week-End Great Lakes Cruises at Bargain Rates!
4. Timetables--1961: Special June Great Lakes Cruise
5. Timetables--1962: Special Labor Day Week-End Cruise-Tour
6. Timetables--1962: Magnificent Great Lakes All Expense Cruises
7. Timetables--1962-63, 1966: Special Great lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Cruises
8. Timetables--1963: Special Labor Day Week-End Great Lakes Cruises
9. Timetables--1964: Special Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway Cruise
10. Timetables--1964-65: Special Labor Day Week-End Great Lakes Cruises
11. Timetables--1965: Special 6-Day Great Lakes Cruises
12. Timetables--1966: Special June Great Lakes Cruise
13. Timetables--1966: Tulip-Time Cherryland Great Lakes Cruises to Holland, Michigan

Folder 21: Chicago-Milwaukee Steamship Line Timetables

1. 1937, 1941: Chicago-Milwaukee Steamship

Folder 22: Chicago Roosevelt Steamship Co. Timetables

1. 1937: Delightful Lake Cruises on SS Theodore Roosevelt

Folder 23: Cleveland and Buffalo Steamship Company Timetables

1. 1944: One Day Lake Cruises Benton Harbor-St. Joseph to Chicago and Return
2. 1946: 3 Great Vacation Cruises
3. 1947: Choose Your Lake Cruise

Folder 24: Cleveland and Buffalo Transit Company

1. Advertising Booklet--1893: Cleveland and Buffalo Transit Company Daily Line between Cleveland and Buffalo Summer Tours
2. Advertising Booklet--1896, 1906: C & B Line Summer Tours
3. Advertising Booklet--1901: C & B Line

Folder 25: Cleveland and Buffalo Transit Company

1. Brochures--1932: Travel on Lake Erie via the C & B Line to or from Cleveland, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Port Stanley Canada, Cedar Point, Put-in-Bay
2. Timetables--1921: C & B Line, Buffalo, Cleveland, Cedar Point, Put-in-Bay
3. Timetables--1922: The Cleveland & Buffalo Transit Co.
4. Timetables--1936: C & B Line Lake Steamers for Vacations, Pleasure Tours, Business Trips
5. Timetables--1937: C & B Line Lake Steamers, Cleveland, Buffalo, Port Stanley, Cedar Point, Put-in-Bay
6. Timetables--1938: Swell News aboaut a Good Time over July 4th
7. Timetables--1938: C & B Line Travel by Steamer, for Business or Vacation Tours Use the Liners of the Lakes
8. Timetables--1939: The SS SEEANDBEE
9. Timetables--1940: To Our Agents: The SS SEEANDBEE, Largest Lake Cruise Ship, Announces her Cruise Program for 1940

Folder 26: Cleveland Erieau Steamship Company Timetable

1. n.d.: Cleveland Erieau Steamship Co. Timetables and General Information

Folder 27: CO Charters and Tour Lines (Toronto) Timetable

1. 1990: CO Charters & Tour Lines--Toronto's Harbour Host

1. 1914: 2,000 Miles of Blue Sky and Water

Box 2: D-L

Folder 1: Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Co.

1. Advertising Booklet: ca. 1886: Detroit & Cleveland Steam Navigation Co.
2. Timetable--1884: Steamers City of Mackinac and City of Cleveland for Mackinac
3. Timetable--1902: D & C Time Table
4. Timetable--1902: Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Company Passenger Tariff
5. Timetable--1903: Day & Night Trips, Detroit and Cleveland, The Coast Line to Mackinac
6. Timetable--1905: Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Co. Time Table
7. Timetable--1913: Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Co. Steamer Schedules

Folder 2: Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Co. Timetables

1. 1919-21: Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Co. Steamer Schedules
2. 1924: The D & C Waterway Is the Better Way on the Great Lakes of America
3. 1925: The D & C Waterway is the Better Way on the Great Lakes of America--Mackinac Island
4. 1928: The D & C Is the Popular Way on the Inland Seas of America

Folder 3: Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Co. Timetables

1. 1932: Lake Tours Vacation Days
2. 1934: Chicago Exposition--A New Six-Day Great Lakes Cruise
3. 1937: Travel in Comfort via the D & C Lake Lines
4. 1939: Exciting--Restful--Low-Cost--All-Expense D & C Cruises
5. 1939: D & C Lake Lines--The Great Lakes Route to the World's Fairs
6. 1940: D & C All-Expense Trip to Niagara Falls and Return
7. 1940: For Your Vacation Two Gloriously Gay D & C Cruises
8. 1941: D & C Lake Lines Low-Cost All-Expense Great Lakes Cruises
9. 1942: D & C Lake Lines Go by Boat, It's Fun Afloat
10. 1942: D & C Lake Lines Low Cost All-Expense Romance Cruises to Mackinac Island, Harbor Springs, Georgian Bay--Visit Buffalo and Niagara Falls

Folder 4: Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Co. Timetables

1. 1943: D & C Lake Lines 75th Anniversary Economical Passenger and Freight Transportation
2. 1944-45: D & C Lake Lines--The Grand Fleet of the Great Lakes
3. 1946: Sail the Inland Seas with D & C
4. 1947: New 7-Day Cruise--Midweek and Weekend Cruises on the Grand Fleet of the Great Lakes
5. 1947: Delightful Cruises on the Great Lakes
6. 1947: All Expense Cruise to Detroit-Greenfield Village and Return
7. 1948: Great Lakes Cruises 1948
8. Life Can Be Fun: A Short Short Story of 80 Years of D & C Pleasure Giving--D & C 80th Anniversary Souvenir
9. 1949: Round Trip Excursions Detroit to Put-in-Bay
10. 1950: D & C 5-Star Great Lakes Cruises

Folder 5: Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Co.

1. Brochure--n.d. Visit Beautiful Grand Hotel Mackinac Island, Michigan on a Cruise
2. Menu Card--n.d. Your Carefree Dining Hour
3. Timetables--n.d., D & C Lake Lines
4. Timetables--n.d., Travel in Comfort via the Water Way
5. Timetables--n.d., Vacation Cruises on the Great Lakes
6. Timetables--n.d., D & C 7-day Great Lakes Cruise
7. Timetables--n.d., Sail Away to Put-in-Bay
8. Timetables--n.d., D & C Line Cruises--Labor day Week end Cruise and Post-Season Cruise
9. Timetables--n.d., Great Lakes Cruises be Carefree Go D & C
10. Timetables--n.d., When You Make Your Vacation Plans for Next Summer, Include These 2 Day D & C Cruises
11. Timetables--n.d., D & C Great Lakes Cruises for a Carefree 1949 Vacation

Folder 6: Detroit, Belle Isle and Windsor Ferry Co. Timetable

1. n.d., River Rides out of Detroit

Folder 7: Dominion Transportation Company, Ltd., Timetables

1. 1925: Dominion Transportation Co., Ltd. Steamer Schedules
2. 1939, 1943, 1947-48: 1000 Mile Great Lakes Cruise--5 or 6 Days--Cruise 1000 miles on Georgian Bay, St. Marys River, Whitefish Bay

Folder 8: Erie and Western Transportation Company Timetable

1. 1899: Anchor Line "The Great Lakes Route"
2. 1915: Anchor Line "The Great Lakes Route"

Folder 9: Erie Isle Ferry Company Timetables

1. 1944: Mystic Isle New Auto and Passenger Ferry to Put-in-Bay from Catawba Point, Ohio
2. 1949: Ferry Mystic Isle from Port Clinton to Put-in-Bay, Ohio
3. n.d.: Auto and Passenger Ferry to Put-in-Bay from Catawba Point

Folder 10: Erie Isles Ferry Company Timetables

1. 1947: Mystic Isle Largest, Fastest Auto and Passenger Ferry, Port Clinton, Ohio to Put-in-Bay
2. 1952: 1952 Ferry Schedule Port Clinton--Put-in-Bay

Folder 11: Fjell-Oranje Lines Brochure

1. 1960: Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway Cruises Aboard Ocean-going Passenger Cargo Ships of the Fjell-Oranje Lines

Folder 12: Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad Co. Brochure

1. ca. 1896: Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad Steel Twin-Screw Car Ferry Pere Marquette
2. ca. 1896: Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad Co. and Connections

Folder 13: Fox Heritage Waterway Brochure

1. n.d.: The Fox Heritage Waterway

Folder 14: Gartland Steamship Co. Timetable

1. 1933: Gartland Steamship Company Chicago-Milwaukee

Folder 15: Georgian Bay Navigation Co., Ltd. Brochure

1. n.d.: Georgian Bay Route

Folder 16: Georgian Bay Transit Company of Midland, Ltd. Timetables

1. 1927: The 30,000 Islands Georgian Bay, Canada's Summer Playground, Boat Trips between Midland and Parry Sound
2. 1943, n.d.: 30,000 Islands All-Expense Cruises from Midland

Folder 17: Georgian Bay Tourist and Steamships, Ltd. Timetable

1. n.d.: 30,000 Island Cruises from the Heart of Historic Huronia through the Winding Channels of Georgian Bay's Famous Inside Passage

Folder 18: Goodrich Transit Company Timetables

1. 1916: Goodrich Steamship Lines on Lake Michigan and Picturesque Georgian Bay
2. 1925: Goodrich Graham and Morton Steamship Lines

Folder 19: Goodrich Transportation Company Brochure

1. 1884: The Goodrich Line to all the Principal Ports and Summer Resorts of Lake Michigan

Folder 20: Great Lakes Transit Company Timetables

1. 1917-18, 1920, 1925, 1928, 1931-32: Great Lakes Cruise Finest in the World
2. 1929: Guide Book--What You Will See as the Guest of the Great Lakes Transit Corporation
3. 1933-34: Great Lakes Cruise
4. 1936: Great Lakes Transit Corporation Cruise

Folder 21: Grummond's Mackinac Line Timetable

1. ca. 1894: Grummond's Mackinac Line Steamers FLORA and ATLANTIC

Folder 22: A. L. Hamill Timetable

1. n.d.: Hamill's New Inland Route Line (Petosky to Cheboygan, Michigan)

Folder 23: Harbour Navigation Co. Ltd. (Vancouver, British Columbia)Timetable

1. n.d.: 4 Hour Scenic Cruise Indian Arm

Folder 24: Hooper Motor Ships,Ltd. Timetables

1. n.d.: MS LEAMINGTON Schedule Pelee Island and Leamington, Ontario

Folder 25: Inland Steel Corporation Brochure

1. n.d.: Welcome Aboard

Folder 26: Islands Bay Steamship Line Timetable

1. ca. 1945-46: One Day Luxury Cruise to Put-in-Bay and Canada

Folder 27: Kirby Line Timetables

1. 1937: The "Early Bird" Cruise of the SS ALABAMA to Isle Royale, Sault Ste. Marie, Mackinac Island
2. n.d.: Wonder Cruise to Isle Royale on the SS ALABAMA
3. n.d.: Announcing the Wonder Cruise of the SS ALABAMA to Isle Royale

Folder 28: Lake Michigan and Lake Superior Transportation Company Timetable

1. 1893: Summer Tours of the Great Inland Lakes

Folder 29: Lake Superior Transit Company

1. Brochure--1884: Summer Tours via the Great Lakes
2. Brochure--n.d.: Lake Superior Transit Company "Excursion" Routes and Rates from Buffalo, Erie, Cleveland, Detroit, Port Huron, Marquette, Portage and Duluth
3. Menu Card--1878: Lake Superior Transit Company Dinner Bill of Fare
4. Menu Card--1884: Lake Superior Transit Company Dinner
5. Timetables--1878: Attractions of an Excursion upon the Great Lakes
6. Timetables--1884: Lake Superior Transit Company Intended Sailings
7. Timetables--1890: Lake Superior Transit Company--The Great Lakes Route between Buffalo, Detroit and Intermediate Ports

Box 3: M-Z

Folder 1: Michigan-Ohio Navigational Company Timetables

1. 1960: Detroit to Cleveland, Cleveland to Detroit New Auto Short-cut across Lake Erie Saves 180 Driving Miles SS AQUARAMA
2. n.d.: Detroit to Cleveland, Cleveland to Detroit New Auto Short-cut across Lake Erie Saves 180 Driving Miles SS AQUARAMA
3. n.d.: Welcome Aboard the Fabulous SS AQUARAMA

Folder 2: Michigan State Highway Department (Car Ferry) Timetables

1. 1949, 1951, 1956-57: Michigan State Ferry Schedule (Straits of Mackinac)

Folder 3: Michigan Transit Corporation Timetable

1. 1931: Michigan Transit Corporation Chicago-Muskegon and Northern Michigan Summer Resorts, 6 Sailings Every Week

Folder 4: Michigan-Wisconsin Ferry Service Timetables

1. 1984-86: Lake Michigan Carferry Service
2. 1990-91: Car Ferry Year-Round Service

Folder 5: Midwest Cruises, Inc. Timetables

1. 1975: Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway Cruises--Lake Superior Cruise--Saguenay Cruises
2. 1977: Great Lakes, Saguenay and St. Lawrence Seaway Cruises

Folder 6: Miller Boat Line Timetable

1. 1990: Ferry to Put-in-Bay South Bass Island, Ohio

Folder 7: Miss Buffalo Niagara Clipper Timetable

1. n.d.: Miss Buffalo Niagara Clipper Sightseeing and Dinner Cruising at Its Finest

Folder 8: Neuman Boat Line Timetables

1. 1991: Lake Erie Cruises Aboard the 70' MV CHALLENGER
2. 1991: Kelley's Island Ferry
3. n.d.: Cruises on Lake Erie Visit Delightful and Picturesque Kelleys Island

Folder 9: New York Central System Brochure

1. 1951: Independently Operated All Expense Tours 1951 Summer Vacation Season

Folder 10: Niagara Gorge Railroad Brochure

1. n.d.: The Niagara Gorge RR Great Gorge Route

Folder 11: Niagara Navigation Company Timetables

1. 1899: The Niagara River Line to and from Toronto via the Niagara River and Lake Ontario
2. 1901: Niagara River Line Steamers Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Lewiston, Queenston, Niagara-on-the-Lake and Toronto via the Lower Niagara River and Lake Ontario

Folder 12: Niagara, St. Catharines and Toronto Railway Company Timetables

1. 1925: Canadian National Exhibition Toronto August 29th to Sept. 12, 1925
2. n.d.: The Garden of Canada

Folder 13: Nicholson Erie-Dover Ferry Line Timetable

1. n.d.: The Short Cut between the States and Toronto, Muskoka Lake, Georgian Bay, Michigan Resorts

Folder 14: Northern Great Lakes Area Council Brochure

1. 1973: Adventure North to Great Lakes Area Michigan, Minnesota, Ontario, Wisconsin

Folder 15: Northern Michigan Transportation Company Timetables

1. 1906: Northern Michigan Transportation Co. Summer Tours on the Great Lakes
2. 1907: Northern Michigan Transportation Co. and Manitou Steamship Company Joint Summer Schedules
3. 1910, 1912, 1915: Northern Michigan Line

Folder 16: Northern Steamship Company Timetable

1. 1904: Northern Steamship Company to the World's Fair St. Louis 1904

Folder 17: Ontario Car Ferry Co. Timetable

1. 1932: Rochester Cobourg Steamship Route 1932 Summer Schedule
2. 1933: Rochester Cobourg Steamship Route 1933 Summer Schedule

Folder 18: Oranje-Fjell Great Lakes Services Timetable

1. 1962: Oranje Line Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway Cruises

Folder 19: Owen Sound Transportation Company, Ltd.

1. Brochure--n.d.: Enjoy a Round Trip Cruise
2. Brochure--n.d.: Be My Guest
3. Brochure--n.d.: Cruise through Vistas of Sky-blue Water
4. Timetable--1951: Cruise on Georgian Bay, St. Marys River, Whitefish Bay
5. Timetable--1957: The Shortest Route to Manitoulin Island, North Shore Uranium Area and Sault Ste. Marie
6. Timetable--1959: 1959 summary of sailings
7. Timetable--1959: MS NORMAC 1959 summer sailing schedule
8. Timetable--1959-60, 1962: SS NORGOMA Summer Cruise Schedules
9. Timetable--1959: Schedule of Fares Tobermory-South Bay Mouth
10. Timetable--1968, 1971, 1973: Ferry Service to Manitoulin Island
11. Timetable--1974: Temporary Schedule Tobermory-South Baymouth Ferry Service
12. Timetable--1975: MS CHI-CHEEMAUN Tobermory South Baymouth; a Way North 1975 Rates and Schedules
13. Timetable--1976: Tobermory-South Baymouth Ferry Service "The Big Canoe" MS CHI-CHEEMAUN
14. Timetable--1977-78: TOBermory-South Baymouth Ferry Service MS CHI-CHEEMAUN
15. Timetable--1979, 1981-82: Traverse Tobermory South Baymouth Ferry Service MS CHI-CHEEMAUN
16. Timetable--1985: 1985 Sailing Schedule Horaire des traversees
17. Timetable--1985-86, 1988: Traverse Ferry Service to (Traversee a) Tobermory and South Baymouth
18. Timetable--1990: Be my Guest (Soyez Mon Invite) Scheduled Ferry Service between (Service de traversiers entre) Tobermory and South Baymouth

Folder 20: Parker Boat Line Timetables

1. 1968: 1968 Schedule Passenger and Auto Ferry Port Clinton, Put-in-Bay--Middle Bass
2. 1970: 1970 Spring Schedule Passenger and Auto Ferry from Port Clinton, Ohio to Put-in-Bay and Middle Bass, Ohio
3. 1973: 1973 Spring Schedule Passenger and Auto Ferry from Port Clinton, Ohio to Put-in-Bay and Middle Bass, Ohio
4. 1973: Take a "Mini-Cruise" to Put-in-Bay on South Bass Island
5. 1974: 1974 Spring Schedule Auto and Passenger Ferry Port Clinton, Ohio to Put-in-Bay and Middle Bass Island
6. 1974: Scenic Mini-cruise to Put-in-Bay and the Bass Islands
7. 1975: 1975 Spring Schedule Passenger and Auto Ferry from Port Clinton, Ohio to Put-in-Bay and Middle Bass, Ohio
8. 1976: 1976 Summer Schedule Passenger and Auto Ferry from Downtown Port Clinton, Ohio to Put-in-Bay and Middle Bass, Ohio
9. 1977: 1977 Spring Schedule Passenger and Auto Ferry from downtown Port Clinton, Ohio to Put-in-Bay and Middle Bass, Ohio
10. 1984-85: Take the Parker Mini-Cruise to Put-in-Bay on South Bass Island
11. 1985: Enjoy the Panoramic View to Put-in-Bay Downtown Docks close to everything

Folder 21: Paul Boat Line Timetable

1. n.d.: 1,000 Islands Paul Boat Line Alexandria Bay, NY

Folder 22: PELEE, Steamer--timetables

1. 1944, 1946-49, 1951, 1956-57: See Canada Daily Excursions a Short Cut Across Lake Erie
2. 1957: Steamer Pelee Schedule and Fares

Folder 23: PELEE ISLANDER, MV Timetables

1. 1968, 1970-71, 1973-76: See Canada Daily Excursions on the MV PELEE ISLANDER a Modern Passenger and Auto Ferry

Folder 24: Pelee Island Transportation Timetables

1. 1980-82: Cruise to Canada or United States MV PELEE ISLANDER Passenger Auto Ferry Daily Crossings from Sandusky, Ohio to Kinsville or Leamington, Ontario, Canada via Pelee Island
2. 1984-85: Cruise to Canada or United States MV PELEE ISLANDER--MV UPPER CANADA Daily Crossings Between Sandusky, Ohio, Pelee Island, Kingsville or Leamington

Folder 25: Peninsula & Northern Navigation Company Timetable

1. n.d.: The Short Cut Route between Milwaukee, Grand Haven and Muskegon

Folder 26: Pere Marquette Railway Brochures

1. ca. 1940: Out of the Future--Comes the Most Modern, Beautiful Ship on the Lakes--the SS "CITY OF MIDLAND"

Folder 27: Pictured Rocks Cruises, Inc., Timetables

1. n.d.: Pictured Rocks Boat Cruises

Folder 28: Pilot-House Resort, Copper Harbor, MI, Brochure

1. ca. 1930-35

Folder 29: H. P. REDNER Timetable

1. 1859: New Steam Ferry Boat H. P. REDNER (operating between Belleville and Ameliasburgh)

Folder 30: Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company Timetables

1. 1894: Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Co. Palatial Steamers between Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Toronto, Kingston, Montreal, Quebec, Murray Bay, Riviere du Loup, Todousac and Ha! Ha! Bay
2. 1897: Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Co. Palatial Steamers between Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Toronto, Kingston, Montreal, Quebec, Murray Bay, Riviere du Loup, Todousac, Ha! Ha! Bay, Chicoutimi and Roberval
3. 1907: Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Company Niagara to the Sea
4. 1908: Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Company Niagara to the Sea Thousand Islands, Rapids, Montreal, Quebec, Saguenay River

Folder 31: St. Lawrence Cruise Lines, Inc., Brochure

1. 1991: 1991 Steamboat Vacations, St. Lawrence River, Ottawa River, Saguenay Fjord

Folder 32: St. Lawrence Steamboat Company, Ltd., Brochure

1. n.d.: The Thousand Island and St. Lawrence River Steamboat Companies Limited The Folger System in Connection with the New York Central & Hudson River Rail Road

Folder 33: Seaway Lines, Ltd. Timetables

1. 1937, 1940-41: Cruise to the Fjords of the Inland Seas

Folder 34: Shepler's Mackinac Island Ferry Brochures

1. n.d.: Shepler's Car Care Center
2. n.d.: Shepler's Mackinac Island Ferry
3. 1984: Shepler's Mackinac Island Ferry
4. 1990: Shepler's Mackinac Island Ferry Schedule

Folder 35: Soo Locks Boat Tours Timetable

1. n.d.: Soo Locks Boat Tours (Sault Ste. Marie, MI)

Folder 36: SOUTH AMERICAN, SS, Ltd. Brochures

1. 1967: A Farewell to the SOUTH AMERICAN (Poem by Capt. Neil G. MacPherson)
2. 1983: Time-sharing Staterooms aboard the New SS SOUTH AMERICAN "The Sweetheart of the Great Lakes"

Folder 37: Star-Cole Line Steamers Timetable

1. n.d.: Star Cole Line Steamers Lake Tours the Georgian Bay Route Sailing between Cleveland, Toledo, Detroit, and the Soo Via the Famous North Channel and 30,000 Islands of Georgian Bay

Folder 38: Straits Transit, Inc. Timetables

1. 1961: Mackinac Island Ferry Company Schedule Straits Transit Incorporated
2. 1964: Summer Schedule Straits Transit, Inc., Mackinac Island Ferry
3. 1971: Mackinac Island Ferries Schedule Straits Transit Incorporated
4. 1973-75: Mackinac Island Ferries Schedule Straits Transit Incorporated
5. 1976-77: Straits Transit, Inc., Mackinac island Ferry Daily Service Schedule
6. 1978: Straits Transit, Inc. Arnold Transit Company Mackinac Island Ferry Daily Service Schedule

Folder 39: Sun Line Timetable

1. 1974: Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway Cruises MS STELLA MARIS

Folder 40: Thousand Island Steamboat Co., Ltd. Brochure

1. n.d.: The Thousand island and St. Lawrence River Steamboat Companies Limited The Folger System in Connection with the New York Central & Hudson River Rail Road

Folder 41: Toronto Parks and Property Dept. Timetable

1. ca. 1990: TRILLIUM Harbour Tours--Let History Show You the Toronto Skyline

Folder 42: Waggoner and Roulett Steamboat Line Timetable

1. 1907: Waggoner & Roulett Steamboat Line Season 1907 Green Bay and Lake Michigan Summer Resorts

Folder 43: Western Reserve Navigation Company Timetables

1. 1923: Short Route to Canada The Western Reserve Navigation Co. Cleveland, Ohio, USA to Port Stanley and Erieau, Ontario, Canada
2. 1925: "The Short Route to Canada" The Western Reserve Navigation Company between Cleveland and Port Stanley

Folder 44: White Star Line

1. Brochure--1901: Daylight Trips on the Detroit and St. Clair Rivers by teh White Star Line
2. Timetables--1911: White Star Line Ideal Outings Toledo, Sugar Island Park, Detroit, St. Clair Flats, Tashmoo, Sarnia, Ontario, Port Huron
3. Timetables--1922: White Star Line Schedule of Steamer Service and Connections Toledo, Sugar Island, Detroit, St. Clair Flats, Tashmoo Park, Algonac, Sarnia, Ontario, Port Huron, Michigan
4. Timetables--1936: Tashmoo Transit Company White Star Lake Lines Detroit to St. Clair Flats, Tashmoo Park, Algonac, Sarnia Ontario, Port Huron, Michigan

Folder 45: Wisconsin and Michigan Steamship Company Timetables

1. 1942: Across Lake Michigan SS MILWAUKEE CLIPPER Touring-Vacationing Short Cut Milwaukee-Muskegon Saves 240 Miles
2. 1943: New SS MILWAUKEE CLIPPER Lake Cruises Chicago, Milwaukee, Muskegon (Tourist Autos carried)
3. 1945: Next Up! Have Fun! On the SS MILWAUKEE CLIPPER Season 1945 Chicago, Milwaukee, Muskegon Tourist Autos Carried Chicago-Muskegon, Milwaukee-Muskegon
4. 1947: Fun Afloat! Aboard the SS MILWAUKEE CLIPPER Cruising between Milwaukee and Muskegon Season 1947
5. 1950: Motorists and Vacationists Cross Lake Michigan; Autos Carried Save 240 Driving Miles
6. 1958: Auto Tourist Short-Cut Across Lake Michigan Save 240 Driving Miles
7. 1959: Across Lake Michigan Auto-Tourist Shortcut Milwaukee, Wisconsin-Muskegon, Michigan. Save 240 Driving Miles SS MILWAUKEE CLIPPER
8. 1968: SS MILWAUKEE CLIPPER 1968 Milwaukee, Wisconsin-Muskegon, Michigan Daily Cross Lake Service a Restful Pleasure-filled Short Cut Across Lake Michigan
9. 1970: SS MILWAUKEE CLIPPER 1970 Milwaukee, Wisconsin-Muskegon, Michigan Daily Cross Lake Service A Restful Pleasure-filled Short Cut Across Lake Michigan

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