CHEROKEE (1907, Propeller)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
CHEROKEE
Year of Build:
1907
Official Number:
125973
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Toronto, ONT
Vessel Type:
Propeller
Hull Materials:
Steel
Number of Decks:
3
Builder Name:
Canadian Ship Building Co. Ltd.
Original Owner and Location:
Muskoka Lakes Navigation & Hotel Co., Gravenhurst, ONT
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
# Boilers:
1
# Propellers:
1
Hull Dimensions
Length:
120'
Beam:
23'
Depth:
7.16'
Tonnage (gross):
328
History
Chronology:

Passenger & freight vessel.

1950 Retired from active service.

1961 Dismantled Gravenhurst & converted to crane barge for a lumber company; cabin in rear of second deck removed, main cabin extended afterwards; used to retrieve logs from bottom of Muskoka Lake.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Bowling Green State University, Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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