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At 1700 tons, and 242 feet in length, she was outfitted with three sailing masts but was actually designated a steamer. This was a common array in 1883.
The V. H. Ketchum
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View the models that Shipwright John Foley built for the Lake Erie Island Historical Society.

This is a schooner that was built by David Lester in 1866,in Marine City, Michigan.

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The Griffon was the very first sailing ship on the Great Lakes, built in 1679. It was also the first shipwreck.

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(from an article in Lakeland Boating Magazine)Super Models
A South Bass Island museum showcases remarkable re-creations.No cat walk for these models. Built by Michigan shipwright John Foley, this fleet of 50 miniaturized boats is on permanent display at the Lake Erie Islands Historical Society in Put-In-Bay, Ohio.  Not every vessel depicted in the Horton Collection made a stopover in Put-In--Bay, but they all at least passed by.  The group includes La Salle's Griffon and varioussteamboats, tall ships and freighters.  In addition there
are a dozen or so ferry models.

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The Huron Light Ship has been preserved as a museum ship in Port Huron, Michigan.

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The Depere was a typical wooden passenger steamer of the late 1800's