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Lake Superior Agate likes Freighters

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Great Lakes Fleet, Duluth, MN

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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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Edgar B Spear - 1980
1,004 feet long, 105 feet wide

October 7, 2022 11:47am
Mackinac Island Windemeer Point
Upbound to Two Harbors, MN
Miss Margy photobomb
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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 campground
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 campground
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 campground
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 campground
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 campground
Downbound to Nanticoke, PA
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Phillip R Clarke - 1952
767 feet long, 70 feet wide
July 2, 2024 6:40pm
Mackinac Island
Upbound to Marquette
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John G Munson - 1952
768 feet 3 inches long, 72 feet wide
July 7, 2025 11:00am
Aune Osborn campground
Upbound to Superior, WI
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Edgar B Spear - 1980
1,004 feet long, 105 feet wide

July 9, 2025
Aune Osborn campground
Upbound towards the Locks
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Edwin H Gott - 1979
1,004 feet long, 105 feet wide

July 10, 2025 9:35pm
Aune Osborn campground
Downbound to Nanticoke, PA
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John G Munson - 1952
768 feet 3 inches long, 72 feet wide
July 14, 2025 4:45pm
Aune Osborn campground
Upbound to Superior, WI
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Presque Isle tug/barge - 1973
1000 feet long, 104 feet 7 inches wide

July 15, 2025 7:12pm
Aune Osborn campground
Upbound to Superior, WI
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Edwin H Gott - 1979
1,004 feet long, 105 feet wide

July 17, 2025 6:06pm
Aune Osborn campground
Downbound to Nanticoke, PA
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Great Republic - 1981
634 feet 10 inches long, 68 feet wide
July 17, 2025
Aune Osborn campground
Downbound towards Drummond Island
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John G Munson - 1952
768 feet 3 inches long, 72 feet wide
July 18, 2025 4:45pm
Aune Osborn campground
Downbound to Indiana Harbor


Central Marine Logistics, Griffith, IN
Manager for Cleveland-Cliffs, Cleveland, OH

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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
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Joseph L Block - 1976
728 feet long, 78 feet wide
July 10, 2025 5:29pm
Aune Osborn campground
Upbound to Silver Bay


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 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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Michigan Trader powered by tug Dirk S VanEnkevort
Michigan Trader - 2020
740 feet long, 78 feet wide
Dirk S VanEnkevort - 1990
147 feet long, 49 feet 7 inches wide
July 9, 2025 2:00pm
Aune Osborn campground
Downbound to Toledo


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