[JFleming]

With the empty harbor at Port Stanley I decided to try and make a ship to fill the void. The ship I am modeling is an old lumber hooker named Rhoda Emily. She was built in the late 1800's and hauled lumber and coal. Since the car ferry is doing it's job bring hoppers loaded with coal I saw the need for lumber for Elgin Handles up in St Thomas. Looks like Rhoda Emily will keep that industry well supplied. After she is unloaded at Port Stanley the lumber will go by rail to Elgin Handles. The ship isn't finished yet, still a few things to fix. John

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[wacampbell]

Nice model John - well done!

[JFleming]

Thanks Walter and Wayne, the ship would be empty if it wasn't for the cord wood from Tim Muir. So, thanks to you Tim. Unless I miss my guess you will see other nautical improvements to the port. John

[hiball3985]

Thanks John, that will be a nice addition. I still have dock space available.

[philmoberg]

JFleming, on 22 October 2010 - 06:16 AM, said:

... The ship isn't finished yet, still a few things to fix. John

Back in the mid-'60s, my father was the skipper of a buoy tender out of Sturgeon Bay. During the course of this tour, be became friends with the publisher of the local weekly paper, who also published a series small paperbacks about local history. The two-volume Ships and Shipwrecks of Door County is still a prized possession of mine, and is populated with a variety of steam barges similar to this one, as well as a range of earlier schooners and later vessels built for a variety of trades. This model is a fitting tribute to a largely-forgotten era in Great Lakes shipping, and I look forward to adding her to my own copy of Port Stanley. Excellent work, John!