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…
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.