The Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Company was by far the premier passenger and package freight steamship line of the Great Lakes from the mid-to-late 19th and 20th century. At their peak, they operated six paddle wheel boats on three of the Great Lakes. Besides Detroit and Cleveland, you could travel to other destinations like the picturesque Mackinac Island, Toledo, Put-in-Bay, and Buffalo.
Works Cited:
Duncan, Francis. The History of the Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company 1850-1951. 1954. The University of Chicago Dissertations Publishing.
“NEW STEAMER CITY OF CLEVELAND.” The Marine Review, vol. 37, no. 19, May 1908, pp. 19–24.
“SIDE WHEEL STEAMER CITY OF DETROIT III.” The Marine Review, vol. 42, no. 7, July 1912, pp. 213–20.
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