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Lake Superior in Michigans Iron country 1800's
The names of the men who backed Mr.
Harvey with capital and encouragement in the construction of the canal
deserve to be enrolled in the archives of this association, and I am proud to
mention them here for that purpose. They were: John F. Seymore,
Erastus Corning, James V. Joy, J. W. Brooks, J. Y. L. Pruyn, Joseph P.
Fairbanks, and John M. Forbes. These names are well known and have
been recognized in very many large and honest enterprises in different quar-
ters of the United States during the past forty years. The land was
selected about one-third in the upper and two-thirds in the lower peninsula.
The total cost of the construction of the canal was $1,000,000. Mr. John
Burt, of Detroit, who had rendered important services in various ways
during the construction of the canal, was, at its completion, appointed its
first superintendent.
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