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Two white steamships tied up at the Gravenhurst wharf, with people on the dock.
Segwun and a replica of the Wenonah at Gravenhurst, September 2008. Photo: Mathew Ingram / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.

From the archive

1887

RMS Segwun

She was built in 1887 as the Nipissing. In 1925 she was rebuilt and renamed Segwun. She is the oldest operating steam-driven vessel in North America.

Sources: Wikipedia, RMS Segwun; Muskoka Discovery Centre

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