1,000 Footer in South Channel

[Guest Jon Paul]

Having lived on the Straits for over 25 yrs I can remember only a few times seeing footers in the South Pass.
There were a couple times, at least one a grounding, where boats were deterred from using Round Island Passage and took the long route eastbound thru Poe Reef Light into the South Pass on into Lake Michigan

[Guest]

In '98 we were back hauling coal from Ashtabula to Port Washington in the JRB...went that way all the time.

[Guest]

Are there any documented instances of a 1,000 footer transiting the South Channel in the Straits of Mackinac?