Boats Around Detroit

Photographs and Stories of Boats
from the Detroit River

S.S. Aquarama, a relic of the 1950s-60s on the Detroit-Cleveland ferry-cruise run, makes her final trip from Detroit.
J. W. Westcott mailboat, ZIP code 48222. One hundred and one years of water-borne mail delivery in Detroit.
A Parade of Boats in the Detroit River, December, 1995, marks the closing of the navigation season.
The Laurentian, a University of Michigan Research Vessel calls on Detroit's Riverside Park.
The Gemini tankship makes an unscheduled stop in April, 1996.
The American Republic carries the Olympic Flame from Detroit to Cleveland.
The USCGC Bristol Bay, a U.S. Coast Guard ice-breaker. Discover the ship, her crew, and her mission.
The Cuyahoga, a handsome laker we met one afternoon in the shipping channel.
The USCGC Mackinaw, the Great Lakes' Icebreaker.
The River!—an aerial view of the Detroit River.