Vessels & Owners from Bay City on the Great Lakes in 1905.
   
(1) Blodgett, O. W.:
Steamers:
Zillah – Captain, Hugh McKensie; Engineer, James Speir.
C. H. Bradley – Captain, James Bennett; Engineer, R. C. Speir.
Myron – Captain, Shackett; Engineer, N. P. Slater.
Schooners:
Mary Woolson – Captain, John Gordon.
Brightic – Captain, L. D. Bennett.
Peshtigo – Captain, F. Dettman.
B.W. Jenness.
Deleware – Captain, Wm. R. Joung.
Nellie Redington – Captain, Wm. Keenan.
Ogarita – Captain, E. S. Keenan.
(2) Boutell Steel Barge Co.,
-- W. E. Sutherland, Superintending Engineer.
Steamers:
Bay City – Captain, John McCarthy; Engineer, G. A. Miller.
Bay Port – Captain, K. A. Jensen; Engineer, Neil Marshall.
Bay State -- Captain, C. D. Brown; Engineer, A. C. Garting.
Bay View – Captain, Gus E. Atkinson; Engineer, Emerson Harner.
Schooners:
Bombay – Captain, Charles Philips.
Baroness – Captain, D. McFadden.
Brittania – Captain, W. Wilson.
Baravid – Captain, A. Siljander.
Badger – Captain, C. Gabrielsen.
Berkshire – Captain, Geo. N. McCallun.
Baden – Captain, R. Jensen.
Bath – Captain, L. Brush.
(3) Carrington, E. T.
Schooner, Allegheny – Captain, W. H. Bridges.
(4) Cranage, S. P.
Steamers:
Thomas Cranage – Captain, John S. McNeil; Engineer, William Nerreter.
City of Paris – Captain, Washington Moore; Engineer, David N. Humphrey.
(5) Davidson, James
Steamers:
Amazonas – Captain, E. Smades; Engineer, W. J. Downing.
Bermuda – Captain, A. W. Henderson; Engineer, John Doe.
Cartogena – Captain, W. L. Montgomery; Engineer, Harry E. L'Hote.
Orinoco – Captain, Chas. Ainsworth; Engineer, Jos. D. Gonyou.
Panama – Captain, Warren C. Jones; Engineer, John W. Clark.
Rappahannock – Captain, Geo. C. Stevenson; Engineer, E. W. Tilley.
Sacramento – Captain, Hugh Stevenson; Engineer, A. G. Olmsted.
Shenandoah – Captain, R. O'Connor; Engineer, Geo. M. Wise.
Venezuela – Captain, E. J. Starkey; Engineer, B. Hansen.
Chieftain – Captain, Martin Johnson.
Schooners:
Grampian – Captain, John Henderson.
Granada – Captain, J. T. Lennon.
Montanzas – Captain, D. G. Gordon.
Paisley – Captain, Frank Moore.
Pretoria – Captain, Charles Smart.
Montezuma – Captain, W. H. Hargrove.
(6) Eddy, Chas. A.
Steamers:
Langell Boys – Captain, A. M. Goodwin; Engineer, Wm. King.
Schooners:
J. B. Comstock – Captain, Chas. Loynes.
Abram Smith – Captain, Louis Briggs.
(7) Eddy-Shaw Transit Co.
Steamers:
City of Bangor – Captain, A. J. Mahon; Engineer, John Conroy.
Penobscot – Captain, Wm. A. William; Engineer, E. A. Hoffman.
Selwyn Eddy – Captain, G. D. Tulian; Engineer, W. P. Hoffman.
E. C. Pope – Captain, L. H. Powell; Engineer, W. O. Anderson.
(8) Jackson, George D.
Schooner: G. K. Jackson – Captain, Curtis Jackson.
(9) Kirker, Fred, managing owner.
Schooner, Wm Brake.
(10) Kohn, Ben. C.
Schooner: Harvey Bissell – Captain, H. A. Pierce.
(11) McCormick, H. W.
Schooner: Onconta – Captain, Alex McCormick.
(12) Pierce, Wm. E.
Steamer: Ogemato – Captain, Wm. E. Pierce; Engineer, Aaron Hagadon.
Schooner: C. J. Filmore – Captain, John Hagarty.
(13) Sharp, W. H.
Steamers:
J. P. Donaldson – Captain, James Connelly; Engineer, John Fettig.
Maine – Captain, R. Burrington; Engineer, Jos. Grandson.
Schooner:
A. W. Wright – Captain, Thos. Thorkildson.
Source: The Saint Marys Falls Canal Semi-Centennial, by Charles Moore, John H. Goff (1905)
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The pioneer who came to this area in the late 1930s, knew early a settle along the Saginaw River nearest the Saginaw Bay, would some day become an important shipping port. Their predictions came true in the mid-1860s when the lumber boom arrived in Michigan, and sawmills began to fill the shore line along the Saginaw River. Plenty of lumber and sawmills to cut them led to large ship building yards of Davidson and Wheeler. As you can see from this listing of vessel owners, the port of Bay City was very large.
Related Pages:
 {Maritime Pictorial}
{B.C. 1890 River Map}
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Ainsworth, Chas. (5)
Anderson, W.O. (7)
Atkinson, Gus E. (2)
Bennett, James (1)
Bennett, L.D. (1)
Blodgett, O.W. (1)
Brake, Wm. (9)
Bridges, W.H. (3)
Briggs, Louis (6)
Brown, C.D. (2)
Brush, L. (2)
Burrington, R. (13)
Carrington, E.T. (3)
Clark, John W. (5)
Connelly, James (13)
Conroy, John (7)
Cranage, S.P. (4)
Davidson, James (5)
Dettman, F. (1)
Doe, John (5)
Downing, W.J. (5)
Eddy, Chas. A (6)
Fettig, John (13)
Gabrielson, C. (2)
Garting, A.C. (2)
Gonyou, Jos. D. (5)
Goodwin, A.M. (6)
Gordon, D.C. (5)
Gordon, John (1)
Grandson, Jos. (13)
Hagadon, Aaron (12)
Hagarty, John (12)
Hansen, B. (5)
Hargrove, W.H. (5)
Harner, Emerson (2)
Henderson, A.W. (5)
Henderson, John (5)
Hoffman, E.A. (7)
Hoffman, W.P. (7)
Humphrey, David N. (4)
Jackson, Curtis (8)
Jackson, Geo. D. (8)
Jensen, K.A. (2)
Jensen, R. (2)
Johnson, Martin (5)
Jones, Warren C. (5)
Joung, Wm. R. (1)
Keenan, E.S. (1)
Keenan, Wm. (1)
King, Wm. (6)
Kirker, Fred (9)
Kohn, Ben C. (10)
Lennon, J.T. (5)
L'Hote, Harry E. (5)
Loynes, Chas. (6)
Mahon, A.J. (7)
Marshal, Neil (2)
McCallun, Geo. N. (2)
McCarthy, John (2)
McCormick, Alex (11)
McCormick, H.W. (11)
McFadden, D. (2)
McKensie, Hugh (1)
McNeil, John S. (4)
Miller, G.A. (2)
Montgomery, W.L. (5)
Moore, Frank (5)
Moore, Washington (4)
Nerreter, Wm. (4)
O'Connor, R. (5)
Olmsted, A.G. (5)
Philips, Charles (2)
Pierce, H.A. (10)
Pierce, Wm. E. (12)
Powell, L.H. (7)
Shackett, (1)
Sharp, W.H. (13)
Siljander, A. (2)
Slater, N.P. (1)
Smades, E. (5)
Smart, Charles (5)
Southerland, W.E. (2)
Speir, James (1)
Starkey, E.J. (5)
Stevenson, Geo. C. (5)
Stevenson, Hugh (5)
Thorkildson, Thos. (13)
Tilly, E.W. (5)
Tulian, G.D. (7)
Wilson, W. (2)
William, Wm. A (7)
Wise, Geo. M. (5)
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