S.S. ISLE ROYALE

The S.S. ISLE ROYALE, formerly the MANITOU, steams through the upper channel into Lake Charlevoix to turn around.

S.S. ISLE ROYALE

Turned around and headed for the city dock.

SISTER SHIPS

Pictured above is the "KENKORA II," anchored in Charlevoix's Round Lake Harbor. To the right, at her home dock, the "SYLVIA." The "SYLVIA" and the "KENKORA II" were two of five diesel-powered sister ships, built on speculation, and essentially to the same design, by the Bath Iron Works of Bath, Maine, in the early Thirties. The over-all length of each ship was slightly more than 190 feet, with a displacement of 396 tons.

The first to be built was the "PLACIDA," bought by Harry G. Haskell.

The "SYLVIA" was the second to be built and was bought by Logan Thomson of Cincinnati, Ohio. Charlevoix was her home port.

The third ship was the "KENKORA II," bought by Kenneth G. Smith of Chicago.

The fourth was the "TRUDIONE," bought by Ross W. Judson.

The fifth and last to be built was the "ALETES." She was still in stock at the start of World War II, when she was taken into the British service.

The other four were taken by the U.S. government shortly after our entry into the war.