[DOC] [TLE] Great Lakes passenger steamers - Wikipedia [PAR] The history of commercial passenger shipping on the Great Lakes is long but 
uneven. It reached its zenith between the mid-19th century and the 1950s. ... The 
first steamboat on the upper Great Lakes was the passenger carrying Walk-In-
The-Water, built in 1818 to navigate Lake Erie. It was a success and more 
vessels like it... [DOC] [TLE] Strange Steamboat Walk-In-The-Water - The Mind of James Donahue [PAR] The first steamboat on the Great Lakes was the Walk-in-the-water, launched in 
1818. ... between Buffalo and Detroit , and the first steamer to wreck on Lake Erie 
. [DOC] [TLE] History and Development of Great Lakes Water Craft [PAR] Sailing craft on the Great Lakes date to the first ships constructed on Lake Ontario 
in the ... Between 1802 and 1812 the North West Company built the schooners .... 
The first steamboat on the upper Lakes was the 338-ton Walk in the Water. ... The 
remainder, principally the larger boats, ran from Buffalo to upper Lakes ports... [DOC] [TLE] Detroit Historical Society: Frontiers to Factories: Curriculum [PAR] Before the steamboat, travel between Buffalo, New York, and Detroit took a ... In 
April 1818, the first steamboat on the Great Lakes, named the Walk-in-the-Water, 
made the ... In the mid-1800s, Detroit was on the verge of becoming an industrial 
city. .... Folks who ran the "Railroad" were in danger of being arrested for helping
... [DOC] [TLE] Great Lakes & Seaway Shipping News ARCHIVE [PAR] On 31 October 1821, WALK-IN-THE-WATER (wooden side-wheeler, 135 foot, 
339 tons, ... She was the first steam-powered vessel above Niagara and her 
frequent ... After the wreck, it went into the steamer SUPERIOR and later ran a 
lumber mill ... at Newport [Marine City], Michigan) was carrying railroad iron from 
Buffalo to... [DOC] [TLE] Ships and Boats | Central Michigan University [PAR] (1860) "...there were on the Lakes 1459 ships, of which 1122 were sailing ... 1818 
- the first steamboat (Walk-in-the-Water) arrived at Detroit from Buffalo in ... In 
1909 her name was assigned to a great new ocean battleship, & the old "iron .... 
mid-1890s that the first boat took over the ferry run between Charlevoix & St. 
James. [DOC] [TLE] exhibit text - Lorenzo Cultural Center [PAR] Walk-in-the-Water was the first steamer on Lake Erie. ... passengers and ran 
between Buffalo and Detroit, stopping at Cleveland and other ports on the way,... [DOC] [TLE] Michigan History Calendar - Historical Society of Michigan [PAR] 1 SEP 1839 The steamboat Great Western burned at Detroit. ... 7 SEP 1816 
Canadians christened the Frontenac, the first steamship on the Great Lakes. [DOC] [TLE] Underwater Archaeological Investigations from the 2013 Field Season [PAR] Nov 20, 2000 ... Green State University- Historical Collections of the Great Lakes 54. 23. ... 
Photographs detailing the sinking of the steamer Lakeland. ... Sink in the head (
water closet) just aft of the windlass room on the ..... cargo of corn to be taken to 
Buffalo, which had been chartered at 10.5 cents per bushel, she ran. [DOC] [TLE] GL Report rev10 - Great Lakes Maritime Research Institute [PAR] Oct 31, 2007 ... A Review of Great Lakes Shipbuilding and Repair Capability: .... MACKINAC and 
DEPEYSTER on Lake Superior between Grand .... The first steamboat on the 
upper Lakes was the 338-ton WALK IN ... principally the larger boats, ran from 
Buffalo to upper Lakes ports or from ..... However, the city is close to. [DOC] [TLE] Detroit Historical Society - Timeline | Facebook [PAR] Running between Buffalo and Detroit, she was one of the first steamships on the 
Great Lakes. Here, Walk-in-the-Water is pictured against a background of the... [DOC] [TLE] Buffalo History - Buffalo Architecture and History [PAR] The general vicinity within and around the City of Buffalo was occupied ... Access 
to rail and water transportation also facilitated the development of

Question: The Walk-In-The-Water, the first steamship on the Great Lakes, ran between Buffalo & this motor city
Answer: Detroit