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SS Hazel A

Hazel A - GRPM image - circa 1903.jpg
1893 - 1925/6
100 x 26 foot wooden hull.
Maximum capacity 350 people

Originally built and owned by Grand Rapids businessman David Amberg and captained by Captain Michael McCarthy. Eventually McCarthy became owner of the boat. There was…

Alice Poisson Cariano, interview, October 23, 2018 Part 2

Oral interview with Alice Poisson Cariano. Alice is the daughter of Captain Charles Poisson, Poisson Family steamboat captain, Reeds Lake late 1800s through 1955/6. Alice was born in and raised in East Grand Rapids, Michigan.