The Sailing Adventures of Captain Jonas Hansen & Captain George Mackie
The Sailing Adventures of Captain Jonas Hansen (1857 – 1927)
His Only Home* in Bay View (1891-94 and 1897-1900)
2149 South Aldrich Street
* He lived in other Bay View homes after this (per text above), but this is the only one where he was connected to the maritime trade and was a lake captain
His Ships and Sailing Adventures While Living at 2149 S. Aldrich St.
Above left: the schooner Caleb Harrison, March 1891-probable September 1895, co-owner and then owner. He may have been captain somewhere during this time, or even perhaps all of it, but he is only confirmed as owner, never as crew or captain. Photo: Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library, Thunder Bay Research Collection.
Above right: The schooner-barge Aberdeen, 30 October 1895-17 July 1899 and probable 1900; Sailing adventures while captain: None reported. Photo courtesy F. E. Hamilton, Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library, Thunder Bay Research Collection.
His Ships and Sailing Adventures Before Bay View
He owned the schooner Z. G. Simmons at the start of the 1890 sailing season, but never confirmed as captain. He is also connected to the schooner Norman, though in what capacity and what date(s) is unknown.
The Sailing Adventures of George Mackie (1855 - ????)
His Only Home in Bay View (1908-10)
2975 or 2977 South Superior Street
His Ships and Sailing Adventures While Living at 2975 or 2977 S. Superior St
Above: The steam barge Crete, 1908-10 (also commanded in 1907 but that was one year before moving to Bay View in 1908) Sailing adventures while captain: None discovered. Photo courtesy Northeast Minnesota Historical College, Duluth; the Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library, Thunder Bay Research Collection.
His Ships and Sailing Adventures Before Bay View
Above left: the schooner Selkirk, 1880’s; Sailing adventures while captain: unknown, since exact years of command unknown; (Photo: Great Lakes News, Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library, Thunder Bay Research Collection).
No photo discovered: the Dominion, 1890’s; Sailing adventures while captain: unknown, since exact years of command unknown
Schooner, name unknown: the W. H. Mack Fleet, 1899-1902; Sailing adventures while captain: unknown, since ship name unknown
Above center: the steamship George W. Roby, 1905; Sailing adventures while captain: none discovered. Photo courtesy the Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit-Mercy; the Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library, Thunder Bay Research Collection.
Above right: the schooner-barge Athens, 1903-04, 06; Sailing adventures while captain: On 21 November 1906, Captain Mackie and his entire crew was reported as being lost during a storm in Lake Erie (per news articles above) after its tow line from the steamship Pratt snapped. However, three days later on 24 November they were all reported safe and tugs brought the Athens back to port. Photo courtesy John O. Greenwood, the Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library, Thunder Bay Research Collection.
His Ships and Sailing Adventures After Bay View
Above left: the schooner-barge Chickamauga, 1913-16; Sailing adventures while captain: none discovered. Photo courtesy the Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit-Mercy; photo by Louis Pesha; the Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library, Thunder Bay Research Collection.
Above right: the steamship Glenarm, 1925; Sailing adventures while captain: none discovered. Photo courtesy the Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library, Thunder Bay Research Collection.
