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SS Valley Camp, Sault Ste. Marie, MI

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SS Valley Camp

A retired Great Lakes freighter in Sault Ste. Marie that now serves as a museum ship with exhibits in its cargo holds.

501 East Water Street, Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783 · Sault Ste. Marie, MI

About SS Valley Camp

Valley Camp is a former lake freighter moored in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, and operated today as a museum ship. Visitors can walk her deck and explore a museum built into her cargo holds, which has more than 100 exhibits. Displays include the two lifeboats recovered from the Edmund Fitzgerald, a presentation about that 1975 loss, and four large Great Lakes fish aquariums. Cabins show how the crew lived aboard, from the captain's quarters to the spaces used by oilers and coal passers.

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  • #freighter
  • #maritime history
  • #Edmund Fitzgerald
  • #museum ship

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