Great Lakes LAKE THE LAKE PILOTS' HANDBOOK USEFUL KNOWLEDGE PERTAINING TO THE GREAT LAKES, AND GREAT LAKES' PILOTING, COMPILED BY CAPT. GEORGE TRIMBLE. UNION LABEL KIVERSIDE PRINTING CO., PT. HURON, 1907 Timms & Howard 10-10-39 Transport. PREFACE The need of a handy book of reference and of general information on the subject of the Great Lakes and Great Lakes' Piloting has led the author to undertake the preparation of this work. For years he has been an enthusiastic collector of marine books and papers until his library contains almost every publication that treats of either lake or ocean affairs. From these books and papers have been culled all the valuable information that should be of interest to lake sailors, and this information is presented to you in these pages, together with much valuable information that the author has gained by years of service on the Great Lakes. The author has consulted such authorities as: Blue Book of American Shipping, Beers' History of the Great Lakes, Beeson's Inland Marine Guide, Patterson's Nautical Encyclopedia, Scott's Coast Pilot, American Merchant Marine, Henderson's Elements of Navigation, Georgian Bay Coast Pilot, Knight's Modern Seamanship, The Marine Review, &c., &c., and desires to express his indebtedness to all of these, especially the publications from the office of The Marine Review. |