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Ste. Claire [sic] ship canal from club, Ste. Claire [sic] Flats, Mich. – Antique Wall Art

Ste. Claire [sic] ship canal from club, Ste. Claire [sic] Flats, Mich., [between 1910 and 1920] — historic photograph
Ste. Claire [sic] ship canal from club, Ste. Claire [sic] Flats, Mich., [between 1910 and 1920]. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company collection.

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Taken from the club grounds, this view looks down the ship canal cut through the St. Clair Flats, the marshy delta where the St. Clair River empties into Lake St. Clair in southeastern Michigan. The record's title spells the place "Ste. Claire," a common variant of the name. The shallow flats made navigation difficult for deep-draft vessels, so engineers dredged channels through them to give lake steamers and freighters a safer route. The record lists the steamboat *Wauketa* among its subjects, which suggests a working vessel on the waterway. The view was one of many the Detroit Publishing Company made of Michigan scenes in the 1910s.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesDetroit Publishing Co. no. 022835. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsWauketa (Steamboat) Steamboats. Canals.United States--Michigan--Saint Clair Flats.United States--Michigan--Saint Clair River.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 793 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-65689

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