Raffle offers vacation aboard a 1,000foot great lakes freighter. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Rolling across the south in an 18wheeler cruising the great lakes on the victory i cruise ship security. Great lakes now introduces you to the men who work on board. Passenger freighters voyage list maris freighter cruises. The luxury vessel made 10 oneway, weeklong expedition cruises between. Crossing the ocean on a cargo ship the art of manliness.
Fourteen knots and a few hundred miles of lake michigan remain before the next stop. Freighter travel costs and questions gonomad travel. Find cruises on cargo ships using websites like freighter expeditions and the cruise people. Passengers can choose among 3 basic services as listed below. See more ideas about great lakes, great lakes ships and boat. Cruise vessels have called on the twin ports in recent years, but it had been decades since duluth enjoyed regular service or served as an origindestination hub. Marys river is the only water connection between lake superior and the lower great lakes. They are colored and laser printed on 100 pound cover stock paper. Tips for booking passage on a freighter ship its a.
French canada and great lakes cruise explore french canada and the great lakes with this voyage from montreal, canada to detroit, usa trip reversable. It is always more expensive for a single to book a double cabin and always cheaper per person for double occupancy of a double cabin. Life aboard a great lakes freighter detroit free press. Booking a cargo freighter ship cruise is not quite as simple as booking a normal cruise. How to book a freighter cruise freighter expeditions. Marie is a 1917 steampowered historic freighter with more than 100 exhibits in her 20,000square foot cargo area. New 740foot freighter to sail the great lakes in november.
Join one of 5 ships and sail from the netherlands to burns harbor indiana usa through the great lakes and the st. Considered the largest great lakes maritime museum, the museum ship valley camp in sault ste. Each great lakes freighter art print is produced using archival inks, ships within 48 hours, and comes with a 30day money back guarantee. Todays passenger freighters are mostly containerships, french and german, with 2025 international officers and crew on board, and 2 to 6 passengers max. We have teamed up with hamish jamieson at freightertravel nz, based in napier, new zealand, who have a register of almost every passenger carrying cargo ship in the world and provide a worldwide booking service for freighter ship cruises. The great lakes shipwreck museum estimates that 6,000 ships and 30,000 lives have been lost on the lakes. Life aboard a freighter great lakes now 1002 segment 2. Travel insurance which will include cancellation cover due to medical, family crisis and other substantial reasons not to travel. The most famous wreck, edmund fitzgerald, sank a few hundred miles ahead on our route. On this journey you will admire the stunning frenchcanadian countryside, visit the fascinating penitentiary museum, and be in awe of the powerful niagara falls. Check with the freighter line for an estimate of how stable the ship will be in the conditions of seas typical during your intended season of travel. Freighters and the great lakes passage outside our bubble. The average length of a freighter voyage is 40 to 50 days, though there are some shorter trips available last a couple of weeks.
Win a trip on an interlake steamship vessel drawing september 8, 2015 chet e. Customize your great lakes freighter print with hundreds of different frames and mats, if desired. Head cook kay meader said the crew members like the basics, and that means meat and potatoes. Upbound trips that start on lake erie go under the ambassador bridge, past downtown detroit, and under the blue water bridge at port huron. Updated daily site features vessel passages from around the lakes and seaway, extensive photo galleries, facts and figures, up to the minute news, where to buy, calendar of events, comprehensive list of links and much more. Transatlantic and great lakes cargo ship cruise with the polish steamship company. So, if you are someone who is prone to motion sickness, think carefully about booking passage on a cargo ship. All great lakes freighters artwork ships within 48 hours and includes a 30day moneyback guarantee. Unfortunately due to covid19, no freighter ships are taking passengers at this time and we cannot book any journeys for you. The museum honors the world war iiera icebreaker that worked the great lakes for more than 60 years. These vessels are traditionally called boats, although classified as ships since the late 19th century, lakers have carried bulk cargoes of materials such as limestone, iron ore, grain, coal, or salt from the mines and fields of the upper great lakes to the populous industrial areas farther east. For a taste of a tourists life on a freighter on a trip from montreal to minnesota check out this story from the new york times. Lake freighters, or lakers, are bulk carrier vessels that ply the great lakes of north america.
This page provides live tracking of ships on northern lake michigan and lake huron. In 2010, about 48,000 people worked in the industry, helping canadian freighter ships transport more than 142 million tonnes of cargo through the famous waterways. If youve ever dreamed of being a passenger cruising the great lakes like charles dickens or mark twain, the opportunity awaits. With so many ways to travel, freighter cruises are one of the most exciting. The museum includes lifeboats from the legendary edmund fitzgerald, which sank in 1975, and other shipwreck artifacts, models, plus four. These great lakes freighter models, created by bob may, are extremely durable, detailed, and fun to build. The voyage to the great lakes, much sought after by passengers, was highly challenging to seamen. The popular oldschool romantic notion of showing up penniless at a dock with a rucksack and then earning your passage by swabbing the decks will have to remain in robert louis stevenson novels. Life aboard a freighter great lakes now 1002 segment.
Vintage freighters of the great lakes public group facebook. From the galleys of the great lakes longer than three football fields, freighters ply the great lakes hauling iron ore, coal, stone and a crew of hardworking men who consider the. Shop for great lakes freighters art from the worlds greatest living artists. Travel by freighter to europe, mediterranean, south pacific. Great lakes freighter engine room full away youtube.
Atlantis toy and hobby edmund fitzgerald great lakes freighter boat paper model. Mary rapids, this was a great barrier in getting the ships to the lower great lakes. Lake freighter minis is a kit that fills the void for a great lakes freighter model in todays market. An around the world voyage lasts generally 80 to 100 days or more. Shop for great lakes freighter art prints from our community of independent artists and iconic brands. With a section of the river dropping 21 feet and creating the st. Come aboard a great lakes freighter with cadetintraining taylor brown for a. Cadets need to get trips in on all five great lakes, as well as the. Continues roundtrip voyages are offered, as well as longer one way voyages, between the continents only. Great lakes chefs keep crews happy with freighter fare. New era in great lakes passenger cruising its not just cargo moving on this inland waterway.
James bankson ticket purchased through this web site drawing november 15, 2015. Grecian could carry typical great lakes bulk cargoes like iron ore, coal or grain, but her usual run was carrying iron ore from escanaba, mich. This is my first attempt at scratchbuilding a ship, although i have wanted to take a shot at it for a while now. The free press jim schaefer and eric seals to chronicle crew, food on ship and beauty of the lakes. Shipping cargo on the great lakes is big business, in almost every sense of the word. The time to travel from canada to europe by freighter. Unfollow great lakes freighters to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. From montreal to minnesota, by inland sea the new york times.
Round trips on both routes are double the oneway fare. West coast to australianew zealand and return takes about 46 days. Traveling on a working freight ship is a completely different experience than, say. For the love of great lake freighters and trains home. Tips for booking passage on a freighter ship its a different way. Great lakes and seaway shipping web page, the online source for great lakes commercial shipping information. Sault ste marie, michigan after passing through the soo locks, the philip r clarke, a great lakes bulk cargo freighter, takes on supplies from a soo col. French canada and great lakes cruise freighter cruise. New, expanded 2019 60th anniversary edition of the great lakes ships field guide all ships that sail on lake michiigan, superior, huron, erie, ontario, st lawrence seaway and salties. Great lakes and seaway shipping web page the online source for great lakes commercial shipping information.
Shop for great lakes freighter art from the worlds greatest living artists. Choose your favorite great lakes freighters designs and purchase them as. Alexander mcdougall ship algoma sault 2018 ship algosoo 1974 ship ss amasa stone. Come aboard a great lakes freighter with cadetintraining taylor brown. Yes, booking passage on a cargo freighter is completely different from a cruise ship.
Updated daily the page features up to the minute news, vessel passages from around the lakes and seaway, extensive photo galleries, facts and figures, where to buy, calendar of events, comprehensive list of links, chat room and much more. By exploring the great lakes on a ship, you are sure to catch a new perspective on the region and on travel in general. Choose your favorite great lakes freighter designs and purchase them as. Freighter travel is a cheap alternative to flying on a plane. Hamish jamieson freightertravel nz 248 kennedy road, napier, new zealand. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Service from new orleans, san francisco and great lakes ports to africa, the orient and the mediterranean, ranging from 32 to 80 nights. If youve ever dreamed of being a passenger cruising the great lakes like charles. All great lakes freighter artwork ships within 48 hours and includes a 30day moneyback guarantee.
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