Largest Boat to Transit the Keweenaw Waterway?

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Re: Largest Boat to Transit the Keweenaw Waterway?

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The Reserve transited the waterway, and tied up downtown West of the bridge, waiting the Dock at Silver Bay.
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The Clyde S. VanEnkevort/Erie Trader is still the largest to transit the Waterway.
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JERRY AT DULUTH wrote:i CANNOT GIVE YOU DATES BUT I PERSONALLY KNOW THAT CAPTAIN DUDLEY PAUQETTE TOOK THE RYERSON THROUGH THE CANAL ON MORE THAN ONE ACCASION.
December 2, 1970 was the first time:
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And this from a newspaper article Oct 11, 1974. The date of transit would have been October 9th:
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i CANNOT GIVE YOU DATES BUT I PERSONALLY KNOW THAT CAPTAIN DUDLEY PAUQETTE TOOK THE RYERSON THROUGH THE CANAL ON MORE THAN ONE ACCASION.
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tugboatdonny wrote:Watching the Clyde S VanEnkevort go through the waterway today was impressive, and made me wonder what is the largest vessel to ever go through there?
With that transit the honor has been claimed by the Clyde/Erie Trader.

Prior to this it was the Lee A Tregurtha.
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Largest Boat to Transit the Keweenaw Waterway?

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Watching the Clyde S VanEnkevort go through the waterway today was impressive, and made me wonder what is the largest vessel to ever go through there?
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