The Maritime History of the Great Lakes
South End of Green Bay, 1864 
still image1864, SURVEY OF THE NORTHERN AND NORTH WESTERN LAKES Made in obedience to acts of Congress and under the direction of THE BUREAU OF ENGINEERS OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT SOUTH END OF GREEN BAY THE ISLANDS AT THE ENTRANCE THEREOF AND PART OF WEST SHORE OF LAKE MICHIGAN Projected from Trigonometrical...
Milwaukee Harbor, Wisconsin, 1902 
still image1902, WAR DEPARTMENT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS. SURVEY OF THE NORTHERN AND NORTH WESTERN LAKES Made in obedience to acts of Congress and orders from HEADQUARTERS CORPS OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, CHART OF MILWAUKEE HARBOR, WISCONSIN. Prepared under the direction of Major W. L. FISK, Corps of Engineers, U.S....
Lake Michigan: Coast Chart No. 3: Vicinity of Milwaukee, 1876 
still image1876, corrected 1880, SURVEY OF THE NORTHERN AND NORTH WESTERN LAKES Made in obedience to acts of Congress and orders from THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS, WAR DEPARTMENT LAKE MICHIGAN COAST CHART No 3 VICINITY OF MILWAUKEE. Projected from trigonometrical Surveys executed under the orders Maj. C.B....
Straits of Mackinac, 1854 
still image1854, STRAITS OF MACKINAC WITH THE APPROACHES THERETO FROM LAKES HURON AND MICHIGAN AND THE ENTRANCE BY THE DETOUR PASSAGE TO THE ST. MARY'S RIVER From trigonometrical Surveys under the direction of the TOPOGRAPHICAL BUREAU OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT in obedience to Acts of Congress requiring the SURVEY OF...
Lake Michigan, Coast Chart no. 4: Chicago to Kenosha, 1877 
still image1877, SURVEY OF THE NORTHERN AND NORTH WESTERN LAKES Made in obedience to acts of Congress and orders FROM THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS, WAR DEPARTMENT LAKE MICHIGAN COAST CHART No 4 CHICAGO to KENOSHA Projected from trigonometrical Surveys executed under the orders Maj. C.B. COMSTOCK,...
South End of Lake Michigan, 1876 
still image1876, SURVEY OF THE NORTHERN AND NORTH WESTERN LAKES Made in obedience to acts of Congress and orders FROM THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS, WAR DEPARTMENT SOUTH END OF LAKE MICHIGAN Projected from a Trigonometrical Survey executed under the orders of Lieut. Col. W.F. RAYNOLDS, Corps of...
Century-Old Light Warns Sailormen of Hidden Rock-Crowned Reefs Near Lake Ontario's Danger Isle 
still imagetextCole, Percy T., Century-Old Light Warns Sailormen of Hidden Rock-Crowned Reefs Near Lake Ontario's Danger Isle, "Century-Old Light Warns Sailormen of Hidden Rock-Crowned Reefs Near Lake Ontario's Danger Isle," Rochester Democrat & Chronicle (Rochester, NY), 18 Sep 1932
North End of Lake Michigan including Green Bay and the Straits of Mackinac, 1867 
still image1867, SURVEY OF THE NORTHERN AND NORTH WESTERN LAKES Brev. Brig. Gen. W. F. RAYNOLDS, U.S.A. and Lt. Col. of Engrs. Superintendent UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE BUREAU OF ENGINEERS OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT NORTH END OF LAKE MICHIGAN including GREEN BAY AND THE STRAITS OF MACKINAC Projected from a...
South End of Lake Huron and Head of the St. Clair River, 1859 
still image1859, SURVEY OF THE NORTHERN AND NORTH WESTERN LAKES Made in obedience to acts of Congress and under the direction of THE BUREAU OF TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEERS OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT SOUTH END OF LAKE HURON AND HEAD OF THE ST. CLAIR RIVER Projected from a trigonometrical Survey, executed under the orders...
General Chart of Lake Huron, 1860 
still image1860, SURVEY OF THE NORTHERN AND NORTH WESTERN LAKES Made in obedience to Acts of Congress and under the direction of THE BUREAU OF TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEERS OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT GENERAL CHART OF LAKE HURON Projected from trigonometrical Surveys under the orders of Captain G. G. MEADE Topl Engrs. and...
Lake Ontario, 1880 
still image1873-75, 1877, 1880, "Survey of the Northern and Northwestern Lakes made in obedience to acts of Congress and orders from the Headquarters of the Corps of Engineers, War Department. Lake Ontario Projected from trigonometrical Surveys executed under the orders of Major C. B. Comstock, Corps of Engineers, Brvt....
Oswego Harbor, New York, 1903 
still image1903, SURVEY OF THE NORTHERN AND NORTHWESTERN LAKES Made in obedience to Acts of Congress and orders from HEADQUARTERS CORPS OF ENGINEERS, U.S. ARMY. OSWEGO HARBOR, NEW YORK. Prepared under the direction of Major W. L. FISK, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, in 1903 Scale: 1:8000
Index Chart of the Northern and Northwestern Lakes 
still image1879, SURVEY OF THE NORTHERN AND NORTHWESTERN LAKES Made in obedience to acts of Congress and order from the HEADQUARTERS OF THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS, WAR DEPARTMENT. INDEX CHART OF THE NORTHERN AND NORTHWESTERN LAKES compiled from the data of the U.S. LAKE SURVEY and showing the names and limits of the...
Lake Erie, 1849 
still image1849, LAKE ERIE, Compiled from Surveys made under the direction of the BUREAU OF TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEERS, WAR DEPARTMENT, in obedience to Acts of Congress requiring the SURVEY OF THE NORTHERN AND NORTH WESTERN LAKES, and from other reliable information. 1849 Reduction for Engraving by John Lambert,...
Kelley's and Bass Islands, 1852 
still image1852, KELLEY'S AND BASS ISLANDS Showing the HARBORS OF REFUGE in their vicinity being an extract from the Survey of the WEST END OF LAKE ERIE made under the direction of the BUREAU OF TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEERS, WAR DEPARTMENT in obedience to Acts of Congress requiring the SURVEY OF THE NORTHERN AND NORTH...
Notice 
still imagetext"Notice," Albany Gazette, 1 May 1815
Albany Argus, 13 Dec 1822, p. 3 
still imagetextAlbany Argus, 13 Dec 1822, p. 3, p. 3
Ontario's Bass Grounds 
still imagetext"Ontario's Bass Grounds," Mexico Independent (Mexico, NY), 22 Aug 1888
Inland Seas Shut 
still imagetext"Inland Seas Shut," Rome Daily Sentinel (Rome, NY), 2 Jan 1902
Cleveland Herald (Cleveland, OH), 1 Aug 1820, p. 3, column 2 
still imageCleveland Herald (Cleveland, OH), 1 Aug 1820, p. 3, column 2, p. 3
THE STEAM-BOAT WALK-in-the-WATER. 
textstill image"THE STEAM-BOAT WALK-in-the-WATER.," Cleveland Herald (Cleveland, OH), 30 May 1820, p. 3, column 2 THE STEAM-BOAT WALK-ln-the-WATER. Will sail, the 10th of June next, from Buffalo for Michilimacinac and call as usual for passengers at the intermediate ports on Lake Erie. Her second trip will be the 9th of August next. Jedediah Rogers, Master. Cleaveland, May 25, 1820. ...
Inland Navigation 
still imagetext"Inland Navigation," St. Lawrence Gazette (Ogdensburg, NY), 1 Aug 1826, p. 3, column 3
Packet between Fort George & York 
still image25 Oct 1816,
Cleveland Herald (Cleveland, OH), 14 Nov 1820, p. 1, column 2 
still imageCleveland Herald (Cleveland, OH), 14 Nov 1820, p. 1, column 2, p. 1
Distressing Shipwreck 
still image"Distressing Shipwreck," Cleveland Herald (Cleveland, OH), 14 Nov 1820, p. 2, column 3
Cleveland Herald (Cleveland, OH), 31 Oct 1820, p. 3, column 1 
still imageCleveland Herald (Cleveland, OH), 31 Oct 1820, p. 3, column 1, p. 3
Storm and Shipwrecks 
still image"Storm and Shipwrecks," Cleveland Herald (Cleveland, OH), 24 Oct 1820, p. 3, column 1 A series of corrections to these statements in a following issue.
Cleveland Herald (Cleveland, OH), 11 Jul 1820, p. 2, column 2 
still imageCleveland Herald (Cleveland, OH), 11 Jul 1820, p. 2, column 2, p. 2
Cleveland Herald (Cleveland, OH), 27 Jun 1820, p. 3, column 3 
still imageCleveland Herald (Cleveland, OH), 27 Jun 1820, p. 3, column 3, p. 3
Cleveland Herald (Cleveland, OH), 20 Jun 1820, p. 3, column 1 
still imageCleveland Herald (Cleveland, OH), 20 Jun 1820, p. 3, column 1, p. 3
Cleveland Herald (Cleveland, OH), 23 May 1820, p. 3, column 2 
textstill imageCleveland Herald (Cleveland, OH), 23 May 1820, p. 3, column 2, p. 3 We are requested to state, that a vessel called the "Maria, of Cuyahoga," was driven ashore on the 5th inst. at Rose's Point, above Fort Erie. She is considerably injured, and her masts, rudder, &c. lost. Buffalo Journal...
Cleveland Herald (Cleveland, OH), 9 May 1820, p. 3, column 1 
textstill imageCleveland Herald (Cleveland, OH), 9 May 1820, p. 3, column 1, p. 3 The steam-boat, Walk-ln-the-Water. Capt. Rogers, arrived at this port on Sunday last, from Buffalo, being her first trip of this season. She left that place about 9 o'clock on Saturday morning last, and arrived here the next day at 2 o'clock PM. This is the shortest passage, we believe, she ever...
Marine Intelligence, Port of Cuyahoga. 
still image"Marine Intelligence, Port of Cuyahoga.," Cleveland Herald (Cleveland, OH), 25 Apr 1820
The Lady of the Lake 
still imagetext"The Lady of the Lake," St. Lawrence Gazette (Ogdensburg, NY), 6 Feb 1827, p. 3, column 2
Durham boat Mulcaster 
still imagetext"Durham boat Mulcaster," St. Lawrence Gazette (Ogdensburg, NY), 31 Oct 1826, p. 3, column 2
Gale 
still imagetext"Gale," St. Lawrence Gazette (Ogdensburg, NY), 17 Oct 1826, p. 3, column 2
Black Rock Harbor 
still imagetext"Black Rock Harbor," St. Lawrence Gazette (Ogdensburg, NY), 13 Jun 1826, p. 3, column 3
Accident 
still imagetext"Accident," St. Lawrence Gazette (Ogdensburg, NY), 30 May 1826
Emigrants 
still imagetext"Emigrants," St. Lawrence Gazette (Ogdensburg, NY), 30 May 1826, p. 1, column 5
Ohio Canal 
still imagetext"Ohio Canal," St. Lawrence Gazette (Ogdensburg, NY), 23 May 1826
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