_View Looking South-west from the New Chamber of Commerce Building, Buffalo_ 124 _Unloading at One of the Coal Docks at Duluth_ 126 _A Fleet of Erie Canal Boats--Capacity of Each 150 Tons_ 128 _The boats on the new canal will be 1000 tons each._ _The Jack-Knife Bridge at Buffalo_ 132 _A Scene on Blackwell Canal_ 134 _The winter home of big boats in Buffalo._ _Some of the Grain Elevators at Duluth, which Have a Combined Storage Capacity of 35,550,000 Bushels_ 136 _The Mesaba Ore Docks_ 138 _From the Deck of the Ship the Tug Looks Like an Ant Dragging at a Huge Prey_ 142 _Observation Room on the “Wm. G. Mather”_ 144 _Which gives an idea of the luxuriousness of the guests’ quarters on a Great Lakes freighter._ _The Luxurious Dining-room on the 10,000-Ton Steamer “J. H. Sheadle”_ 146 _Tugs Trying to Release Boats Held in the Ice at the Soo_ 150 _Copyright 1906 by Young, Lord & Rhoades, Ltd._ _Whaleback Barges Preparing for Winter Quarters at Conneaut, Ohio_ 152 (_The Whaleback is a type of vessel that has been tried and found wanting. They are going out of use._) _Ashore_ 154 _Arch Rock, Mackinac Island_ 160 _One of the natural wonders of the world._ _Fort Mackinac_ 168 _Marquette’s Grave, St. Ignace, Michigan_ 174 _Monument at Put-in-Bay in Memory of the British and Americans who Died in the Battle of Lake Erie_ 182 _Old West Blockhouse, Fort Mackinac_ 186 _Built by the British, about 1780._ _The Monument Erected to those who Fought and Died on Mackinac Island_ 190 _Mackinac Island, Showing Old Fort Mackinac_ 194 _Once the Scene of Bloodshed and Strife, these Old Trees Stand where French, Indian, and British Fought Years ago_ 200 _A View of the Historic Battle-ground on Mackinac Island_ 206 _An Old British Gunboat Discovered in the River Thames_ 212 _Scene when Admiral Dewey Passed through the Soo Locks_ 216 _Map_ _At End_ PART I The Ships, their Owners, their Sailors, and their Cargoes I The Building of the Ships