Category: Boats

While in mid lake before noon today, the 26-foot $600 launch, “Keemar” owned by Harry Masten, director of the Bemidji band, was caught in a […] Read More

A large party from Grand Forks Bay were passengers on the Yankee Doodle Friday afternoon to the dam. The dam is from five to seven […] Read More

Capt. W. B. MacLachlan has made arrangements with G. W. Cochran, Sr., to take care of his hotel boat service. The “Yankee Girl” is the new […] Read More

RAISING FLAT CARS FROM LAKE Crookston Lumber Company Men Hoisting Cars at End of Dock Many Crookston Lumber Company employees together with the crew of […] Read More

The Lake Bemidji passenger boat Bemidji Star will be stationed at Birchmont this summer, according to announcement made by George A. Port, licensed operator. The […] Read More

The steamboat “Viking” will make trips to Hanson’s place, north end of the lake, every Monday and Thursday hereafter. Will arrive at Hanson’s place at 1 o’clock p. m. […] Read More

Jesse H. Scarrott, formerly of Crookston, has secured one of the best locations at the foot of Third Street on Lake Bemidji and will run […] Read More

The Lady Bemidji Carl Carlson, Admiral, the Head of the First Steamer on Lake Bemidji – The Lady Bemidji Launched a Week Ago Carl Carlson, […] Read More

“Tip Toe” is the name of a cute launch owned by the City Boat House people. A large row boat has been fitted up to be […] Read More

The Mayflower has begun its regular ferry trips to the head of the lake. (May 2, 1901) Some invited guests were generously entertained by the […] Read More

Among the better boats are those owned by John Kelsey, “The Beltrami,” a new $4,000 boat he has built this winter, when completed will be the […] Read More

M. S. Titus who has a cottage at Lake Side, has launched his new boat “Lavinia” on Bemidji and will no doubt have many pleasant trips with it throughout […] Read More

A merry party started out in the “Swallow”, with their lunch baskets, from Grand Forks Bay this morning and went to the Mississippi outlet to picnic […] Read More

LAUNCH “LUTEFISK” NO. 2 New Steamboat Built By Lumber Company In Water “Lutefisk” number two, has been launched and will be put into use this […] Read More

Forty Year old Tug Belonging to the Lumber Company Sinks in Fifty Feet of Water Lutefisk Goes to the Bottom. The good ship Lutefisk, operated […] Read More

When the ice in Lake Bemidji went out last week, it took the W. L. Brooks $150 sailboat along. Mayne Stanton and A.L. Barker attempted […] Read More

J.J. Trask next season will launch on Lake Bemidji the swellest kind of a steamer. Mr. Kelsey, our local designer, has built for him a […] Read More

NORTH STAR Mr. MacLachlan operates the spic and span steamer, the North Star, which plies between the various resorts and beaches skirting Lake Bemidji. The […] Read More

NEW PASSENGER BOAT Former Bemidji Man Places New Service on Lake From Walker Dean Reynolds, formerly of Bemidji, but for ten years a resident of […] Read More

The “Moose” was built in 1900.  The “Moose” had a mast, and was used as a sail boat and that MacLachlan had used it on […] Read More

“SEE JONES” GONE Steamboat Belonging to W. C. Jones Has Been Lost Since Last Sunday. The “See Jones”, a valuable steamboat of which W. C. […] Read More

A pleasure party of 32 Bemidji people chartered the Shadow for an afternoon’s outing, Tuesday. (1900) I.O.O.F. Picnic Fair and smiling was the day which […] Read More