SS Milwaukee Clipper SS Milwaukee Clipper SS "Milwaukee Clipper, also known as SS "Clipper" , and formerly as SS "Juniata, is a retired passenger ship and automobile ferry that sailed under two configurations and traveled on all of the Great Lakes except Lake Ontario. Along with the SS Keewatin, "Milwaukee Clipper" is one of only two passenger steamships left on the Great Lakes. The vessel is now docked in Muskegon, Michigan. Her story begins on 22 December 1904, in Cleveland, Ohio, at the shipyards of the American Shipbuilding Company. Christened "Juniata" when launched, she was built for the Anchor Line, the Great Lakes
Great Lakes is the largest lake that is entirely within one country. The Great Lakes began to form at the end of the last glacial period around 14,000 years ago, as retreating ice sheets exposed the basins they had carved into the land which then filled with meltwater. The lakes have been a major source for transportation, migration, trade, and fishing, serving as a habitat to a large number of aquatic species in a region with much biodiversity. The surrounding region is called the Great Lakes region, which includes the Great Lakes Megalopolis. Though the five lakes lie in separate basins, they