Great Lakes Steamship Society
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GLSS Charity golf Tournament
- April 20, 2013
First annual JB Ford Golf classic to be held on August 23, 2013 at Black Bear Casino and Resort in Carlton, MN.
J.B. Ford in the News
- March 9, 2013
The Alpena News ran a front-page article on March 7 about our efforts to save the J.B. Ford.
GLSS Blog
January 26, 2012
The J.B. Ford, originally named Edwin F. Holmes, was one of seven nearly-identical ships built for the Hawgood fleets between 1902 and 1904. She had the longest active career of any of these vessels, and is the last of them to...
Help Us to Save a Classic Great Lakes Steamship
Shop the GLSS Online Store!The Great Lakes Steamship Society is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of the 1904-vintage Great Lakes steamship J.B. Ford. In a career that lasted over a century, this grand old lady of the Lakes carried the goods that fed the industrial might of our nation, hauled the raw materials that helped to win two world wars, and survived some of the Great Lakes’ worst storms, including the infamous “White Hurricane” of 1913. Please support us in our efforts to save this historic ship.