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Keweenaw Waterway

Keweenaw Lights video

Topics

Creating the Waterway

Creating the Keweenaw Waterway

Copper Country Reflections on the Building of the Portage Ship Canal

James Pryor

Portage Ship Canal Life-Saving Rescues and Assists

Portage Life Saving Service Coast Guard Stations

Shipwrecks or Assists Given by Portage Life Saving Service and Eagle Harbor Life Saving Service

Photographs

Canal Before Widening News Article
Canal Before Widening
Dredging the Canal

Galliard Dredge with Bucket
Galliard Dredging Lower Entry
Hill Formed with Dredged Soil (1)

Hill Formed with Dredged Soil (2)
Hill Formed with Dredged Soil (3) Near Stanton Park
New Jersey Dredge

Map of Dredging
Dredge at North Entry
Dredge Gailard Working

James Pryor Bookkr Supt for Portage Lake and Lake Supr Ship Canal Co
Keweenaw Waterway Length
Keweenaw Waterway Sign

Keweenaw Waterway North End
Ship Canal Bond
Where Dredged on Portage River

Excursion Boat Tionesta on Canal before widening
Portage LSS in Rescue of Wallace
Portage LSS on Wallace and Bradley

Recent News

  • Public Budget Hearing Notice
  • Stanton Township Board Monthly Meeting Schedule 2023
  • Meeting Minutes July 7, 2021 – January 26, 2022
  • Wind Energy Conversion System Moratorium Ordinance for Stanton Township
  • Draft Zoning Ordinance for Stanton Township

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E. B. Holman School

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