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- Lake_freighter abstract "Lake freighters, or Lakers, are bulk carrier vessels that ply the Great Lakes. These vessels are traditionally called boats, although classified as ships.Lakers carry bulk cargoes of materials such as limestone, iron ore, grain, coal or salt from the mines and fields to the populous industrial areas down the lakes. The 63 commercial ports handled 173 million tons of cargo in 2006. Because of winter ice on the lakes, the navigation season is not usually year-round. The Soo Locks and Welland Canal close from mid-January to late March, when most boats are laid up for maintenance. Crewmembers spend these months ashore.Depending on their application, lakers may also be referred to by their type, such as oreboats (primarily for iron ore), straight deckers (no self-unloading gear), bulkers (carry bulk cargo), sternenders (all cabins aft), self unloaders (with self unloading gear), longboats (due to their slender appearance), or lakeboats, among others.In the mid-20th century, 300 lakers worked the Lakes, but by the early 21st century there were fewer than 140 active lakers. One of the best known was the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, the most recent and largest major vessel to be wrecked on the Lakes.".
- Lake_freighter thumbnail AMAnderson.jpg?width=300.
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- Lake_freighter wikiPageExternalLink www.norisle.com.
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- Lake_freighter wikiPageExternalLink www.silversidesmuseum.org.
- Lake_freighter wikiPageExternalLink www.thevalleycamp.com.
- Lake_freighter wikiPageID "1515223".
- Lake_freighter wikiPageRevisionID "604052522".
- Lake_freighter hasPhotoCollection Lake_freighter.
- Lake_freighter subject Category:Freighters.
- Lake_freighter subject Category:Great_Lakes_ships.
- Lake_freighter subject Category:Ship_types.
- Lake_freighter type Artifact100021939.
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- Lake_freighter type CargoShip102965300.
- Lake_freighter type Conveyance103100490.
- Lake_freighter type Craft103125870.
- Lake_freighter type Freighters.
- Lake_freighter type GreatLakesShips.
- Lake_freighter type Instrumentality103575240.
- Lake_freighter type Object100002684.
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- Lake_freighter type Vehicle104524313.
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- Lake_freighter comment "Lake freighters, or Lakers, are bulk carrier vessels that ply the Great Lakes. These vessels are traditionally called boats, although classified as ships.Lakers carry bulk cargoes of materials such as limestone, iron ore, grain, coal or salt from the mines and fields to the populous industrial areas down the lakes. The 63 commercial ports handled 173 million tons of cargo in 2006. Because of winter ice on the lakes, the navigation season is not usually year-round.".
- Lake_freighter label "Große-Seen-Schiff".
- Lake_freighter label "Jeziorowiec".
- Lake_freighter label "Lake freighter".
- Lake_freighter label "Грузовое судно Великих озёр".
- Lake_freighter sameAs Große-Seen-Schiff.
- Lake_freighter sameAs Jeziorowiec.
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- Lake_freighter sameAs Q1165999.
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- Lake_freighter depiction AMAnderson.jpg.
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