Episode 106 - Walk-In-The-Water

This week we travel back to the early days of steamers on the Great Lakes - Walk-In-The-Water. With the power of 73 horses and a little bit of a horned breeze, who knows what adventures we can have? Sources:Carroll, Francis M. "The Search for the Canadian-American Boundary along the Michigan Frontier, 1819-1827: The Boundary Commissions under Articles Six and Seven of the Treaty of Ghent." Michigan Historical Review, vol. 30 no. 2, Fall 2004, pp. 77 - 104.  Palmer, Mary A. Witherell. "The Wreck of the Walk-In-The-Water, Pioneer Steamboat on the Great Lakes." Communicated to the Buffalo Historical Society, 1865. https://www.maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca/documents/walkinthewater/default.asp?ID=c1 "Walk-In-The-Water." Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. https://case.edu/ech/articles/w/walk-water"Walk-in-the-water (Steamboat), aground, 1 Nov 1821." Maritime History of the Great Lakes. https://images.maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca/details.asp?ID=47525Support the show