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Map - Plat Map - 1841 - Grand Rapids Township - which included what would be East Grand Rapids - Reeds and Fisk Lake - GRPL collection
Plat Map - 1841 - Grand Rapids Township - which included what would be East Grand Rapids - Reeds and Fisk Lake - GRPL collection
Tags: 1841, East Grand Rapids, EGR, Map, Reeds Lake
Map - Ravenswood Knollcrest -1907 Plat Map - section 3 Paris Twp - eventually JT Miller and Calvin College
Map - Ravenswood Knollcrest -1907 Plat Map - section 3 Paris Twp - eventually JT Miller and Calvin College
William Laraway – Charles P. Limbert Estates:
A History of the property and addresses on Fisk Lake on which the homes at 2002, 2008, 2010 and 2020 Robinson Road SE were built
William Laraway – Charles P. Limbert Estates:
A History of the property and addresses on Fisk Lake on which the homes at 2002, 2008, 2010 and 2020 Robinson Road SE were built
A History of the property and addresses on Fisk Lake on which the homes at 2002, 2008, 2010 and 2020 Robinson Road SE were built
SS Florence is sold in 1902. Mona Lake in Muskegon is its new home.
After John Honore Poisson died in 1901 his property on the west shore of Reeds Lake [in the approximate location of the Grand Rapids Yacht Club, 2023] is under ownership of Frank H. Berles. Berles sells the lakefront land and with it the SS Florence.
Tags: Florence, Mona Lake, Muskegon, Poisson, SS Florence, Steamboat, Steamboats, Steamer
SS Florence. American Steam Vessels on the Great Lakes - 1897 - SS Florence - owned by Captain John Poisson, Grand Rapids [Reeds Lake]
The Steamship Florence was built in Grand Haven, Michigan in 1869. It was purchased by Captain John Honore Poisson in 1882. The original steel-hulled 54 foot boat was single decked. In 1890 a second deck was added:
Gross tonnage: 26; net tonnage:…
Gross tonnage: 26; net tonnage:…
SS Florence - Double Deck - upper deck added in 1890
In 1890 Captain Poisson added an upper deck and expanded the length of the SS Florence.
SS Florence, double decker
The SS Florence, originally a single deck steel hull steamboat was lengthened and widened by her owner Captain John Honore Poisson, in 1890. She plied Reeds Lake until the Captain's death in 1901. John's son, Joseph Poisson helped captain this boat.…
SS Florence - Steamer on Lake Harbor, Mich. Postcard postmarked 1924
The SS Florence was John Honore Poisson's first large steamboat. It plied Reeds Lake from 1883 to 1901. It was sold to a party in Muskegon, Michigan in 1902 and sailed on Mona Lake.
"Lake Harbor Park is a 189 acre park located on Lake Harbor Road,…
"Lake Harbor Park is a 189 acre park located on Lake Harbor Road,…
SS Sport - John Honore Poisson launch steamboat
The Poisson family had a fleet of smaller steamers. The Sport was the early one. Newspaper clippings of the day seemed to exaggerate the number of passengers that could ride this vessel.
Tags: Poisson, Reed's Lake, Reeds Lake, Sport, SS Sport, Steamboat, Steamboats
SS Major Amasa Brown Watson
SS Major A.B. Watson, 1894 - 1921
Civil War Major Amasa Brown Watson was a friend of Reeds Lake steamboat Captain John Honore Poisson. After Watson died in 1888 Poisson named his newly built steamboat after the Major. Watson was a lumberman and a…
Civil War Major Amasa Brown Watson was a friend of Reeds Lake steamboat Captain John Honore Poisson. After Watson died in 1888 Poisson named his newly built steamboat after the Major. Watson was a lumberman and a…
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