History of the Great Lakes. Volume I

Table of Contents

	Title Page
1	Introductory
2	Geological
3	Poetry of the Lakes
4	Description
5	The Aborigines
6	French Discovery and occupation
7	Story of La Salle and the Griffin
8	Struggle for Possession
9	Under English Rule
10	Beginnings of Lake Commerce
11	War of 1812
12	War of 1812, Continued
13	War of 1812, Concluded
14	Growth of Traffic
	Commerce Through St. Mary's Canals
15	Early Navigation on Lake Superior
16	The Convention of 1847
17	A Half Century Ago
18	Lake Canals
19	Lake Canals, Concluded
20	Harbors
21	Lighthouses
22	Life Saving Service
23	Development of Lake Vessels
24	The Lake Carriers
25	The Sailor
26	Navigation
27	Lumber Traffic
28	Grain Traffic
29	Coal Traffic
30	Iron Ore and Iron Industries
31	Miscellaneous
33	CHRONOLOGY.The Beginnings
33	After the War of 1812
34	1821-1830
35	1831-1840
36	1841-1850
37	1851-1860
38	1861-1870
39	1871-1880
40	1881-1890
41	1891-1898
42	List of Lake Vessels
	Table of Illustrations

History of the Great Lakes. Volume I

by J. B. Mansfield, ed.

A transcription for the Maritime History of the Great Lakes site by Walter Lewis and Brendon Baillod

Halton Hills, ON, Canada : Maritime History of the Great Lakes

2003

based on the original document:

J. B. Mansfield, ed., History of the Great Lakes. Volume I, Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1899

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