Great Ships on the Great Lakes: A Maritime History
Great on theSHIPS Great LAKES on the A Maritime History Catherine M Green Jefferson J Gray Bobbie Malone WISCONSIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESS
Contents 1 What Is Maritime History 1 2 Lakes Rivers and Ice 2 People Tell Stories about Great Floods 6 The Great Lakes under Water 7 The Great Lakes under Ice 8 Melting Glaciers Create Lakes 9 Great Lakes Shorelines 10 Wetlands 12 Rivers and Their Watersheds 14 3 Paddles and Pelts 16 Native People of the Great Lakes 16 Dugout Canoes 18 Birchbark Canoes 19 Europeans Travel the Great Lakes 21 The Canoes of the French Fur Traders 23 The Mysterious Disappearance of the Griffon 26 Exploration Not Settlement 28 4 Fighting for the Inland Seas 30 Europeans Build Forts 30 The French and Indian War 33 How Did the Revolutionary War Affect the Great Lakes 34 Pioneering Spirit 36
Battle on the Lakes The War of 1812 36 African American Sailors 40 Why Were Sailing Ships Important to the War of 1812 40 5 Connecting with Canals 44 The Push West 45 The Erie Canal 46 The Great Lakes and the Great Eight 48 Building along the Great Lakes Waterways 50 6 Sail and Steam 53 Early Shipping 55 The Great Lakes Schooner 55 How Locks Work 58 Steam Engines 60 Bigger and Faster Ships 62 Great Lakes Shipping Today 67 7 Sailors and Keepers 70 The Sailor’s Life 71 Lighthouses 74 Lighthouse Keepers 78 Lighthouse Families 80 8 Shipwrecks 84 The Shipwreck Century 85 Shipwreck Alley 86
