Chicago, Duluth and Georgian Bay Transit Company

Scope and Contents This collection consists of a scrapbook of materials compiled by David and Annette Soule, as well as Great Lakes historian Walter Remick. A large portion of the materials in the scrapbooks are brochures to mark the christening of a number of different vessels, mainly from Collingwood Shipbuilding Company and Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company. There are also a number of brochures for trips aboard passenger vessels and ferries like the North American, ...

Abstract Literature from Great Lakes transportation companies promotes the use of the lake vessels at their disposal by the casual tourist traveler. Items reflect the mass marketing of the idea that travel in the Great Lakes region is feasible on regularly scheduled routes from ports readily accesible to much of the United States and Canada by rail or highway. The Lake Michigan routes from Ludington and Muskegon, Michigan to Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Chicago, Illinois are well documented. Ferry...