Under Re-Construction
The Steamer Arcadia
Loaded with lumber, the ship starts out on a Lake Michigan voyage. About 1900.
The Arcadia was purchased by the Starke Land and Lumber Co. in 1888. Timbers and planking for the
vessel were cut in the local mill and shipped to Milwaukee where the ship was built.
Approaching the Sawmill
The Arcadia heading north toward the Starke Sawmill visible in the distance
Docked and Unloaded
A. H. Stockman Postcard
Loaded with Logs
East Side of Lake.
Returning Empty
Heading north in Bar Lake ready
to pick up another load
Leaving Bar Lake
Heading South in Bar Lake
toward the Channel to Lake
Michigan
Bill of Sale
$21,000
The Arcadia was sold after the sawmill burned in 1906. One year later, on April 12, 1907, the ship sank with all hands. The wreckage is still in the beach near Pentwater
Entering the Arcadia Harbor
Looking southwest, the new channel (opened in 1893) would be in the distance and around the bend
to the right. The logs on the right are lined up along Bar Lake's northeast shoreline.
The John D. Dewar
This steamer operated between Frankfort and Manistee from the late 1800s though 1906. For a short time after that, she operated between Ludington and Pentwater before being sold to a
company in Chicago.
The John D. Dewar Approaches a Dock
This is a view south along Lake Arcadia's northeast shore. The steamer DeWar is on the left. Logs are
stacked along the shoreline, in a barge, and in the water waiting transport to the Starke Sawmill.
Pere Marquette No. 6
Looking south from the north end of Bar Lake, this photo shows the Pere Marquette No. 6 arriving at the docks in Arcadia's harbor. In the fall of 1905, Gus Kitzinger, owner of the Pere Marquette Line, bought the M.B. Covell, which was a steam barge similar to the Arcadia. That winter she was retrofitted with passenger cabins and freight space between decks. In the spring of 19
Pere Marquette No. 8
Several steamers in the Pere Marquette Line stopped regularly in Arcadia. This photo from apostcard shows the Pere Marquette No 8. docking in Arcadia in 1912
Looking north along the northeastern shore of Bar Lake, this photo shows the Pere Marquette pulling
into the dock on July 4, 1912. Note the people at the dock waiting and the people near the bow of the
ship.
Pere Marquette No. 8 Docked in Arcadia Circa 1914
Looking southwest from the northeast shore of Bar Lake, this photo shows Pere Marquette #8 docked in Arcadia.
The Pere Marquette Dock
The Pere Marquette Line had a dock along the northeast shore of Bar Lake approximately where the
marina is today.
This postcard photo was taken on October 22, 1913. The building in the foreground sold postcards
like this one.
Pier Marquette No 6 Docked
Pere Marquette No. 8
in the channel between Lake Michigan
and Bar Lake arriving in Arcadia