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SBf! Copyright © 2000 Marsh Collection Society 235A Dalhousie Street Amherstburg, Ontario N9V 1W6 (519)736-9191 ^icles herein are reprinted with the permission of the Amherstburg Echo and Bowes Publishers Ltd. This book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form without the written permission of the Marsh Collection Society and the Amherstburg Echo, except by areviewer who wishes to quote briefpassages for inclusion in areview. ISSN 1480-6444 Firstprinting 2000 Printed by Tri-Graphics Brown and Associates Amherstburg, Ontario LI .Jl. - 1^1 1:^^ 1 I' '"-JI [ 1 r cu 'I Introduction The Marsh Collection Society, a non-profit organization, is based on the historical collection of John Marsh andhis sister Helen, owners and operators of the Amherstburg Echo for over 50 years. They founded the Marsh Collection Society in 1983 with the intent that a research facility be opened after theirdeaths. Helen passed away in March, 1986 and John in February, 1993. The research centre was opened October 1, 1994. The Marsh Collection includes photographs, books, documents, postcards, artifacts and other items relating to the Town of Amherstburg, the Lower Detroit River district and the Great Lakes. The collection also contains genealogical materials andreference books. Donations of relevant items are accepted. Alarge part ofthe Marsh Collection is books, files and photographs relating to the marine history ofAmherstburg and the Great Lakes system. These items form the nucleus of a future marine museum. The Amherstburg Echo and Bowes Publishing Ltd. have graciously allowed us to reprint the "Marine News" columns and other relevant articles which appeared regularly in the newspaper from its first issue inNovember, 1874. The Echo is still inpublication today, having operated continuously for 125 years, and occupies the building constructed for the Echo in 1915. Echo Soundings will bepublished quarterly by the Marsh Collection Society in the hope that residents ofAmherstburg and other Great Lakes communities will read about and enjoy therich marine history of their town.