Steamboats on the Lake

Grand Transportation

Steamboats provided passenger and excursion services on the lake for more than 70 years. Many served guests at the hotels, taking vacationers back and forth to recreation spots around the lake.

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The Harvey's Lake
Steamboat Men - Extra

The earliest steamboat serving the public at the Lake was the Wingohocking, which was based at the Lake House Hotel at Sunset. It operated at the Lake in 1860-1864. The next steamboat was the Emma in 1875, followed by a few others, public and private, in the late 1880s.

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Natoma - The Last Steamboat
Ed Roth Oral History
Interview: 2004

An oral history of the lake's steamboats by Ed Roth. Manuscript recorded September 20, 2004

Click here to read the manuscript