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Lake Superior Agate likes Freighters

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Great Lakes Fleet

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Edgar B Spear - 1980
1,004 feet long, 105 feet wide
June 22, 2020 4:45pm
Aune Osborn campground
Downbound towards Drummond Island
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Arthur M Anderson - 1952
767 feet long, 70 feet wide
Last boat to contact Edmund Fitzgerald
June 24, 2020 11:55am
Aune Osborn campground
Downbound towards Drummond Island
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Arthur M Anderson - 1952
767 feet long, 70 feet wide
Last boat to contact Edmund Fitzgerald
June 24, 2020 11:55am
Aune Osborn campground
Downbound towards Drummond Island
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Edwin H Gott - 1979
1,004 feet long, 105 feet wide
June 24, 2020 8:51pm
Aune Osborn campground
Downbound towards Drummond Island
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Edwin H Gott - 1979
1,004 feet long, 105 feet wide
October 22, 2022 9:22am
Brady Park
Bow Downbound
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Edwin H Gott - 1979
1,004 feet long, 105 feet wide
October 22, 2022 9:22am
Brady Park
Stern Downbound
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Phillip R Clarke - 1952
767 feet long, 70 feet wide
September 25, 2023 7:27pm
Rotary Park
Downbound towards the Rock Cut
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John G Munson - 1952
768 feet 3 inches long, 72 feet wide
September 27, 2023 4:31pm
Brady Park
Downbound towards the Rock Cut
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Arthur M Anderson - 1952
767 feet long, 70 feet wide
Last boat to contact Edmund Fitzgerald
September 27, 2023 8:44am
Aune Osborn campground
Upbound towards the Locks
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John G Munson - 1952
768 feet 3 inches long, 72 feet wide
December 1, 2023
Mackinac Island Coal Dock
Upbound towards Drummond Island
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Edwin H Gott - 1979
1,004 feet long, 105 feet wide
December 2, 2023 4:58pm
Brady Park
Downbound towards the Rock Cut
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Arthur M Anderson - 1952
767 feet long, 70 feet wide
Last boat to contact Edmund Fitzgerald
June 7, 2024 3:49pm
Aune Osborn
Downbound to Toledo
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Presque Isle tug/barge - 1973
1000 feet long, 104 feet 7 inches wide
June 10, 2024 3:49pm
Aune Osborn
Downbound to Indiana Harbor
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Edgar B Spear - 1980
1,004 feet long, 105 feet wide
June 10, 2024 10:04pm
Aune Osborn
Downbound to Gary, IN
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Arthur M Anderson - 1952
767 feet long, 70 feet wide
Last boat to contact Edmund Fitzgerald
June 11, 2024 7:05am
Aune Osborn
Upbound to Duluth
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Edwin H Gott - 1979
1,004 feet long, 105 feet wide
June 11, 2024 8:39am
Aune Osborn
Downbound to Nanticoke, PA


Central Marine Logistics

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Wilfred Sykes - 1949
678 feet long, 70 feet wide
June 7, 2017 5:42pm
Mackinac Island Coal Dock
Upbound towards Drummond
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Joseph L Block - 1976
728 feet long, 78 feet wide
June 30, 2017 9:50am
Aune Osborn campground
Upbound towards the Locks
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Wilfred Sykes - 1949
678 feet long, 70 feet wide
July 5, 2021 10:37am
Mackinac Island Windemere Point
Upbound towards Drummond
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Wilfred Sykes - 1949
678 feet long, 70 feet wide
October 18, 2021 10:43am
Mackinac Island Coal Dock
Downbound towards the Bridge


VanEnkevort Tug and Barge, Escanaba, MI

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Erie Trader powered by tug Clyde S VanEnkevort
Erie Trader - 2012
740 feet 4 inches long, 78 feet 11 wide
Clyde S VanEnkevort - 2011
135 feet 4 inches long, 50 feet wide
June 6, 2024 4:35pm
Aune Osborn campground
Upbound to Marquette


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