Title: Portage Lake Waterfront
Photographer: Gazette Photo
Subject Headings: Persons, Transportation - Bridges, Water - Lakes
Condition: Good
Description: The "Sea Gull" floundered in yesterdays severe windstorm that churned Portage Lake into a seething froth. It broke loose from its moorings on the dock of the Co-op Fisheries in west Hancock. The owner, Matt Saari and an assistant rushed by car to the shore near the Naval Reserve Station to seize it. They were assisted by Conservation Officer, Walter F. Nelms, shown with a rope, John Wiitanen, Houghton County sheriffs deputy, and a military policeman from the Keweenaw Radar Base. It was finally secured, the engine started and it was on its way. [Good photo of the old bridge and waterfront area.]
Source of Description: Daily Mining Gazette Article July 3, 1957 Edition [Cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Bob Skuggen
Date of Photo: July 3 1957
Medium: still image
Color: black and white
Size: 12.8 cm x 17.7 cm
Polarity: Positive
Image No: MS051-013-002-001
Collection Name: Daily Mining Gazette Photograph Collection
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