Photos by Logan Vasicek

Downbound the St Marys River.

Chem Norma unloading chemicals on her first and only trip to the Saginaw River.

Manitowoc Eastbound in the Straits of Mackinac.

Burns Harbor Eastbound in the Straits of Mackinac at dusk.

VictoryJames L. Kuber Eastbound in the Straits of Mackinac.

Mesabi Miner Eastbound in the Straits of Mackinac.

Algosteel Westbound in the Straits of Mackinac.

Alpena Eastbound in the Straits of Mackinac at sunset.

Alpena Eastbound in the Straits of Mackinac at sunset.

Eastbound in the Straits of Mackinac.

Joseph H. Thompson in winter lay-up at the ore dock in Escanaba.

Walter J. McCarthy downbound in the lower St. Marys River, taken from the Drummond Island Ferry.

Stern view in the lower St. Marys River from the Drummond Island Ferry.

Manitoba downbound in the Lower St. Marys River.

Algomarine Westbound in the Straits of Mackinac.

Edgar B. Speer Westbound in the Straits of Mackinac.

Westbound in the Straits of Mackinac.

Westbound in the Straits of Mackinac at dusk.

Entering the Saginaw River for the first time under her current name.

Tied up and stuck in the Saginaw River because of high river current due to heavy rain and flooding.

Preparing to back into the Bay Aggregate slip at dusk.

H. Lee White in the Saginaw Bay.