Evening star., 1942-06-14
Cruises Offered
Tourists of 1912
OnGreat Lakes
Interesting Ports
In L. S., Canada
Visited by Ships

When Americas declarations Of
war killed of what was left OF a
gallant little fleet that struggled to
maintain one of the gayest tradi-
tions in vacations-the ocean cruise
tourists generally thought that
the joy of breaking contact with
land and sailing beyond the hori-
IONS had gone for the duration.
They reckoned without thinking of
the Great Lakes, the largest inland
expanse of water in the world, that
provides cruise facilities virtually at
Americas back door.
Several steamship lines, which,
after offering their steamers to their
governments for the war effort,
were told they might carry on in
their traditional roles of pleasure
cruises, will bring to vacationists
the nearest approach to ocean voy-
ages. although their trips are worthy
in their own right for touching in
teresting and lovely ports.
Georgia Bay Line
Starts Season June q.
The regular summer sailing sea-
son of the Georgian Bay Line opens
June 81. On that date the S. S,
South American will leave Buffalo
on its seven-day round trip cruises
between Cleveland, Detroit, Hugh
ton and Hancock, Isle Royale and
Duluth. The S. S. North American
will start its round trips June q
from Chicago to Mackinac Island;
Midland, Canada, in Georgian Bay;
Detroit, Cleveland and Buffalo.
The S. S. Alabama will make two
trips from Chicago. The first week.
end trip will start June Is to Stur-
geon Bay and Mackinac Island. the
five-day trip will start June % to
Mackinac Island through the 500
Locks to Houghton and Hancock
and a second visit to Mackinac
Island.
One of the high lights of the lake
cruises is that of the S. S. Richelieu
Of the Canada Steamship Lines, SAIL
ing the st. Lawrence River from
Montreal on Mondays, pausing at
Quebec that evening and continuing
on for a trip into the beautiful, mys-
terious Saguenay River. The ship,
which approaches in glamour the
life aboard some of the great
name" liners that used to sail to
Bermuda and the West Indies,
touches Tadoussac and Murray Bay
before returning to Quebec after
six full days of cruise enjoyment.
A number Of cruise tours from
Eastern points into the Saguenay
are offered by other ships Of the
line.
One of the more popular st. Law
renee River cruises starts at Niagara
Falls, shutting back and forth be-
tween Canadian and American
ports, skirting between the Thou
sand Islands and continuing into
the Saguenay's Ha Ha Bay.
Number of Cruise
Combinations Offered.
Canada Steamship Line vessels
also ply the waters OF Lakes Huron
and Superior between Windsor, op-
posite Detroit: throught the 500
locks to Port Arthur and Fort Will
liam, in Ontario, and to Duluth,
MINI. A number of cruise combin-
ations have been arranged for the
1912 summer season.
Also serving beautiful Georgian
Bay. with its rugged scenery. dots
of islands and picturesque villages,
are ships of the D. e. c. Lake Lines.
Among the cities the ships serve.
taking on passengers en- route, are
Buffalo. N. Y; Cleveland, Ohio; De-
troit and Harbor Springs. in North
ern Michigan. There are sailings
every night between Buffalo and
Detroit, the length of Lake Erie. and
between Detroit and Cleveland.
Mackinac Island, Americas "Ber-
muda of the North" where auto
mobiles are prohibited. also lies on
the route of the D. g. c. ships.
Fourth line to operate cruise ships
on the Great Lakes is the Canadian
Pacific. which since 1912 has oper-
ated popular voyages between Port
McNicoll. Ontario, and Fort William
and it's twin city, Port Arthur, via
Sault Ste. Marie. There Is also an
alternate cruise between Owen
Sound, Ontario, and the twin cities
through the North Channel of Man
itoulin Island, made by the S. S.
Manitoba.