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"According to the Great Lakes/Seaway Log of April 26, 1999, Duluth Minnesota has already put in a bid for the Coast Guard icebreaker MACKINAW when it is eventually decommissioned. It could be used as a museum ship..."


The above note from the Summer 1999 issue of The Beacon, published by the Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association.

It would be a shame IMO if the Mackinaw doesn't end up at it's home port of Cheboygan MI or nearby, perhaps as part of the Great Lakes Lighthouse Museum.

[This message has been edited by JChidester (edited 08-07-99).]