Location, location, location...that’s what today’s photos are about. Judy Byykkonen was out at Calumet Waterworks Park with her “girls” a week ago when the snow had already begun to cover the ground in Calumet, but out at “Bucky’s” no white was to be found quite yet. Mind you, that has probably changed since these photos were snapped and we had a dandy wind and snow event over the weekend. But this just goes to show you that Lake Superior locals do not get as much snow as the inland locations do. I’m sure the temperatures were quite chilly for a beach day, but that doesn’t seem to bother Judy or her “girls” as they run along the shoreline.

I found today’s video quite interesting and informative. The Carl D. Bradley sunk in Lake Michigan, near Beaver Island and just south of the U.P., 63 years ago on November 18th. Remembering those that lost their lives and their families.

These are awesome pictures. I think I saw
them on fb last week. She's always out
there being an adventurer. Wish I had her
tolerance for cold, but I never have. Thanks
for taking us along, Judy

I forgot about the video. I've been reading
a lot about the Bradley since the
anniversary of its sinking because there was
a lot about it on fb. So very sad. I don't
think I'd even heard about this ship. So
sad. Thanks for this video.

Happy Thanksgiving Pasty family!

I was born in Hancock, and grew up in Houghton and Ann Arbor. I was in the 8th grade in 1958.

We spent several weeks each summer at the Lake Michigan cabin of a family friend, between Leland and Northport, which is not far from where the Bradley went down.

Although we had no personal connection with the crew or their families, the sinking was all the more poignant for us.

In the summer of 1963, after graduating from Ann Arbor High School, I met a young man from Rogers City, whose uncle had been a member of the crew on the Bradley. I think the man who told me the story was about 24 or 25 at the time.

He said that during a layover in Rogers City the summer before the sinking, his uncle had told him that the ship was old and in poor condition.

His uncle said that before the 1958 sailing season began the captain told the ship's owners that it was no longer seaworthy. He begged the management of the Bradley Transportation Company to put the ship in drydock for extensive repairs, but they refused.

According the uncle, the captain was told to take the ship out or find another job.

Sadly, as the saying goes, the rest is history.