Museum Ship Valley Camp - Sault Ste. Marie, MI
Tour this retired freighter and explore the crew quarters, pilot house, cargo holds and decks that were home to mariners for decades. More than 100 exhibits, including the lifeboats from the SS Edmund Fitzgerald. Massive aquariums house fish of the Great Lakes. Fun for every member of the family!
Great Getaways: Museum Ship Valley Camp [Sault Ste Maire, MI]
Great Getaways #1109 Lake Superior's South Shore - Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan & the Eastern Upper Peninsula
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Explore an actual Great Lakes freighter! The Museum Ship VALLEY CAMP offers more than just a tour of her deck. Housed inside her massive cargo holds is a 20,000 square foot museum with over 100 exhibits including the Edmund Fitzgerald Memorial & Exhibit, four Aquariums and Crews' Quarters.
Sault, Michigan’s Museum Ship Valley Camp
The U.S. vessel, a former freighter which sailed the Great Lakes for 49 years before its conversion into a museum ship, is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2017.
Museum Ship
There are a variety of ships around the USA that are now museums, but rarely are they freighters. The SS Valley Camp in Sault Saint Marie, Michigan gives visitors a look inside the ships that move the world.
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Touring the Lake Freighter Museum Ship Valley Camp.
Touring the Lake Freighter Museum Ship Valley Camp in Sault Saint Marie. Michigan in July 2017.
Museum Ship Valley Camp. Feeding the Fish
Feeding the Fish in the aquarium at the Museum. The Museum houses four 1,200 gallon fish tanks that are stocked with various fish from around the great lakes.
Valley Camp
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The Valley Camp was launched in Lorain, Ohio, in 1917 as the Louis W. Hill for the National Steel Corporation. She sailed for this company for 38 years hauling iron ore and coal until 1955 when she was sold to the Wilson Marine Transit Company. It was in this fleet that she received her current name. For this company she carried a wider array of bulk goods including grains and stone. The Valley Camp was a member of the Wilson Fleet only until 1959 when the Republic Steel Corporation bought her and several of her Wilson fleetmates, including her identical sister the Silver Bay (formerly the Albert Heiken of National Steel). Republic kept the Valley Camp's name, and for that company she hauled iron ore and coal to their mills in Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; and Indiana Harbor, Indiana. In 1967, the Valley Camp sailed her last. Her age was not an issue at this time, it was her triple expansion engine that was still being fed by coal burning boilers that doomed her to an early retirement.
Purchased by Le Sault de Sainte Marie Historical Sites, Inc., for $10,000, the ship was towed from Wisconsin to Sault Ste. Marie on July 6, 1968, during Sault Ste. Marie's tri-centennial celebration. As a museum ship, the Valley Camp is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Visitors have the opportunity to explore and look in every nook and cranny of the ship. In addition, the cargo hold houses hundreds of artifacts, paintings, shipwreck items, models, two lifeboats from the wreck of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald, and exhibits of objects related to maritime history. The Ship, now being used as a museum is well kept and has brought in many tourists to Sault Sainte Marie. It has now been a part of the Sault Sainte Marie community for 44 years.
The Valley Camp stretches 550 feet (170 m) overall with a 525-foot (160 m) keel. Other dimensions of the ship include a beam of 58 feet (18 m) and a depth of 31 feet (9.4 m). Her gross tonnage capacity is 12,000 gross tons. The ship was powered by a 1,800 horsepower (1,300 kW) triple expansion reciprocating steam engine which she retains to this day. Never the flagship of the fleet, her quarters were spartan yet comfortable. The crews quarters are lined by wood trim and equipped with simple bunks. The wheelhouse is lined with wood and trimmed by brass. Her original steering wheel is in place. In the stern, her original smokestack, including her double chime whistle are still in place. Almost unmodified from her original configuration, she is the most intact example of the classic Great Lakes ore carriers that once numbered in the hundreds and few of which survive to this day.
Vally Camp - Whitefish pt - Old Rugged Cross - Eagle Hbr Lighthouse
A look back to our very first season on the air 1989-1990 Episode #3. Stories include the freighter Valley Camp, dry docked at Sault Ste Marie...A trip to the Shipwreck museum at White Fish Point...A visit to the Old Rugged Cross Museum in Reed City home of the Author Rev George Bennard...and we visit the Eagle Harbor Light House in the U.P....Watch as our young hosts begin the journey that took them around the state via Michigan Magazine...Now in our 26th year of weekly shows.
The Norgoma as a Museum Ship
The renovations of the exterior and interior are shown in this video.
Traverse city's up north pride walk!
Traverse city is located in northwest Michigan, and the recent supreme court decision came just in time for our second annual pride walk. TC is a small city, so this turnout was absolutely amazing! The businesses had pride flags, and this wonderful community met the event with cheers and overwhelming positivity.
Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum & Lighthouse,...Whitefish Point Michigan!
History
Construction on the first light began in 1847, and the lighthouse was said to resemble that at Old Presque Isle Light.
First lit in 1849, it was one of the first lighthouses on the shores of Lake Superior and is also the oldest active light on the lake. The original structure was outfitted with Lewis lamps, which were thereafter upgraded to a Fourth Order Fresnel lens.
The current structure, while modern looking, is a Civil War relic. Built in 1861, the iron skeletal steel framework was designed to relieve stress caused by high winds. A similar design is used at Manitou Island light in Lake Superior. It was equipped with a Third Order Fresnel lens.
The DCB-224 Carlisle & Finch aerobeacon in operation at Whitefish Point on November 3, 2007.
The light-emitting diode lantern installed at Whitefish Point in August 2011.
In 1968, the light was replaced with a DCB-224 aero beacon manufactured by the Carlisle & Finch Company. According to Volume 7 of the U.S. Coast Guard light list, it was visible for a distance of 26 nautical miles (48 km) in clear weather conditions, and had two unevenly spaced eclipses, and two flashes within every 20 second period. Putting aside questions of nostalgia, aesthetics, or appreciation for the engineering of a bygone era (as exemplified by the Fresnel lens), this iteration of lighthouse illumination was itself incredibly effective, and an endangered remnant of another bygone era.
The station was automated in 1971.
In 2011, the U.S. Coast Guard Local Notice to Mariners reported reduced intensity of the Whitefish Point light from June 7, 2011 until August 16, 2011 when the DCB-224 Series Carlisle & Finch aerobeacon lens was changed to a light-emitting diode (LED) lantern with a reduced range of 15 nautical miles (28 km) as permitted by Coast Guard rules and regulations adopted in 2003 for private aids to navigation. The aerobeacon lens is stored in a building on the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum complex for possible future public display.
The lighthouse is home to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum, which has many shipwreck artifacts, including artifacts from shipwrecks in the Whitefish Point Underwater Preserve and the SS Edmund Fitzgerald's bell which was recovered from the wreck in 1995. The Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum is open for during the tourist season from 10 am to 6 pm, every day through October 31. The organization that operates the museum got 80.079% of its funding from the public in the year 2010.
The light is considered to iconic, and has been the subject of memorabilia. An official Michigan Historical Marker was erected in 1974. It is Registered Site L0272. The marker notes:
This light, the oldest on Lake Superior, began operating in 1849, though the present tower was constructed later. An early stopping place for Indians, Voyageurs, Coureur des bois and Jesuit missionaries, the point marks the course change for ore boats and other ships navigating this treacherous coastline to and from St. Mary's Canal. Since 1971 the light, fog signal, and radio beacon have been automated and controlled from Sault Ste. Marie.
The keepers were: 1848--1851: James B. Van Renselaer 1851--1853: Amos Stiles 1853--1856: William C. Crampton 1856--1859: Belloni McGulpin 1859--1861: Charles Garland 1861--1864: Joseph Kemp 1864--1868: Thomas Stafford 1868--1874: Edward Ashman 1874--1882: Charles J. Linke 1882--1883: Edward Chambers 1883--1903: Charles Kimball 1903--1931: Robert Carlson
Whitefish Point is on the Lake Superior coastline known as the Graveyard of the Great Lakes. The numerous shipwrecks of Whitefish Bay—including those of the Comet, John B. Cowle, Drake, Samuel Mather, Miztec, Myron, Niagara, John M. Osborn, Sagamore, Superior City, and Vienna—are protected for future generations of sports divers by the Whitefish Point Underwater Preserve.
The site is a venue for remembrance of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald, and extending back to the loss in 1816 of the very first ship known to sail on Superior, the sixty-foot trading vessel Invincible, which upended in gale force winds and towering waves near there. Every loss was tragic.
There are critics that claim that the stewardship of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society over this lighthouse caused it to be overdeveloped. Michigan Audubon Society filed a lawsuit that accused the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society of overdeveloping Whitefish Point and United States Fish & Wildlife Service of not protecting the site.The lawsuit was settled in 2002 when the parties agreed to govern the site with a management plan.
Presque Isle Freighter upbound on St. Mary's River, SSM Michigan near Valley Camp
This is the Presque Isle Freighter headed upbound on the St. Mary's near the Valley Camp before the Soo Locks. Canada is visible on the other side of the river. The ship was also recorded in the Locks right after this was taken.
My stay at Brimely State Park near Sault Ste. Marie, Mi
Highlights of my camping trip to Brimely State Park.
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River of History Museum - Sault Ste. Marie, MI
Visit the 11 galleries of the River of History Museum and learn about life at the water's edge of the St. Marys River in Sault Ste. Marie. From Native American culture to military history and so much more. Get to know the area's people and their unique stories.
vacation 2010
Our vacation at Mackinaw City, Mackinaw Island, Mackinaw Bridge, Aqua Grand Hotel, Lake Huron, Mystery Spot, Soo Locks, Tower of History, Valley Camp Museum, Sault St. Marie, Great Lakes freighter. Produced with CyberLink PowerDirector
Sault Ste. Marie: From the iconic Soo Locks to museums, nature and nightlife
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, is a perfect destination for the outdoor enthusiast, history and culture buffs, and those who enjoy dining and nightlife.
I SEE YOU, CANADA! | Sault Ste. Marie, MI | Travel Vlog
So close, yet so far. I spent the day in Sault Sainte Marie, MI which is right next door to Canada! I've never been out of the US and it seems like the universe is taunting me lately! lol
I checked out the TOWER OF HISTORY (placed in all caps because of how epic it sounds) which has beautiful, panoramic views of Michigan and Ontario.
Then, I went to Valley Camp - a giant old ship turned into a museum! You can check out the sailors' quarters, look at historical ship artifacts, and (my favorite part) walk through a gallery of boat paintings! It's dimly lit at the bottom of the ship and had such a cool atmosphere that I've never experienced before in a traditional art gallery. (Plus, I'm in love with ship paintings so that helps ;) )
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Goin' To The Lake: Touring The William A. Irvin
Jason DeRusha and Matt Brickman tour one of the huge boats that's been moving Iron Range goods out of Duluth for more than 100 years (3:46).
WCCO 4 News At 5 – July 27, 2017
USS TURNER JOY MUSEUM SHIP
USS TURNER JOY MUSEUM SHIP
Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum
Explore this world-class museum that lies on the shores of the Shipwreck Coast. Artifacts, exhibits, theater, gift shop, and so much more. See a Surfboat or stay overnight in Coast Guard Rescue Station crew quarters. Watch our video and then visit the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum.