History
In the 18th century, French Voyageurs and Coureurs des bois travelled on the river in canoes loaded with furs for Europe's royalty. Ships built at Marine City, Michigan, during the mid-19th century carried immigrants up the river on their way to new homes in the American West. During the 20th century, freighters returned from the upper Great Lakes with iron ore, copper, and grain - products of some of these settlers' labor.
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