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1997 The Mail Boat

 

Bags of mail are exchanged at the warf of a small lakeside tourist hotel, the Wawbeek, in Melvin Village - circa 1948. Nosing up to the dock is the U.S. Mail and excursion boat Tonimar, a converted 1926 43’ Hubert Johnson Cruiser. A fisherman returns in a canvas covered , cedar strip Old Town skiff with a 5 hp Johnson outboard. Tied up in the foreground, is a 1940 19’ Gar Wood Deluxe Runabout.  

 

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