Great Lakes Mariner

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Hi,

My G-Grandfather is supposed to have worked on Lakers in his long sailing career.  Time period is sometime between 1895 and 1908, my guess is it would be in the latter part of that time period.  Not sure if he would have signed on from the Canadian or American side.  He himself was neither Canadian nor American.  Can anyone suggest how I could go about finding out anything more?  I do not have any ship names. 

Thanks,

Jennifer.

[t mo]

hi jennifer
i,ve just googled mariners of the great lakes & found 2 sites that may be able to help
company of master mariners of canada , they have a forum section so they may be able to point you in the right direction also marine museum of canada  www.marmuseum.ca  hope this helps
trevor

[seaweed]

Try
http://newsearch.boatnerd.com/

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Many thanks, I will follow up.

Jennifer.

[Jean McGurn]

There is also a site that has the Great Lakes Maritime History in depth. Has a lot of marine biographies

http://www.linkstothepast.com/marine/

Hope this helps

Jean